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  • Never Been Sicker #31 - Catching Her Breath, Interview with Kimberly Rose

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    Today’s guest is Kimberly Rose, a certified breathwork therapist and mold survivor. Kimberly’s unique experience with exposure-related toxicity started over a decade before she discovered that the root cause of her issues was living in a moldy environment. Since the discovery, she’s jumped from moldy environment to moldy environment and is now well aware of just how prevalent this indoor contaminant is and how difficult it can be to find a safe indoor space. 

    The saving grace that helped her get through the entire tumultuous experience was learning about and becoming an expert in breathwork. Between the gentle detox and the helpful mindset that this practice provided, she was able to survive living in these toxic environments and start down the path of healing. The road to recovery was bumpy, and it’s one she’s still attempting to navigate. But, by taking the steps she can when she can, Kimberly is well on her way toward her life-changing wellness goals. 

    Today’s Talk:

    In this episode, Michael Rubino sits down with Kimberly Rose to discuss her long and grueling battle with mold toxicity. Her experience shows how important it is to focus on the little steps and do what she can when she can. By first getting herself in the right and positive mindset, Kimberly has been able to help her body along the path of healing. 

    Her initial experience with mold, she believes, started after moving into a mildewy apartment in Nashville, Tennessee when she was 19. After living there for a short time, she began to develop debilitating migraines, which would then further develop into a list of chronic symptoms. Unfortunately, she said her situation was compounded by the Adderall-induced depression she continued to feel, coupled with heavy drinking. 

    It wasn’t until she randomly discovered breathwork that her life turned around. Slowly, her mindset changed and her health began to improve. Kimberly’s sister would later convince her to check for mold toxicity, and much to her surprise, there were high levels of mold in her body. Before the results, Kimberly had no idea that mold could cause any sort of adverse health reaction. Armed with the answer, she dove into figuring out how to heal her body and immediately jumped in. 

    Years later, she's now a certified breathwork coach and is using this technique, coupled with supplements and binders, to help maintain her health while living in a moldy environment until she has the finances to move out into a safer space. Using her experience, she’s dedicated her life to helping others with breathwork and surviving their own toxic environments. As she said, it can take a lot of money to figure out a health problem and just simply stay healthy. Her passion is to give these individuals as many economic resources as possible until they’re in a position to make bigger life changes.


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    You can chat more with Kimberly Rose at: 

    @breathe_with_kimberly_rose

    https://www.breathworkwithkimberlyrose.com/

    https://www.youtube.com/c/BREATHEwithKimberlyRose/featured

    37 min
  • Never Been Sicker #30 - Ripping Off the Bandaid To Achieve Holistic Health, Interview with Brendan Vermeire

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    Ripping Off the Bandaid To Achieve Holistic Health 

    Today’s guest is Brendan Vermeire, a mental and metabolic health scientist, researcher, educator, author, and speaker. He is also a board-certified holistic health practitioner, master nutrition coach, master personal trainer, USAW Sports performance coach, and Crossfit trainer. Brendan’s journey with mold began years ago after moving into a water-damaged house and later being introduced to the concept of mold illness. 

    For years, Brendan dealt with the back and forth in the medical world while trying to find a healing solution for his fiance at the time. While he’s still unsure as to whether or not mold caused her debilitating chronic illness, the experience was his first brush with functional medicine, environmental factors, and finding the root cause of illness. Since that initial realization, he dove into functional medicine, particularly focusing on how impactful environmental factors like mold can be on mental health. 

    His passion in the field led to a career helping chronically ill individuals, the creation of a wide range of informative materials, a nonprofit dedicated to research and education, and a plethora of case studies aimed at pushing the envelope forward for healthier living for all, among other inspirational feats. 

    Today’s Talk:

    In this episode, Michael Rubino chats with Brendan Vermeire about his journey into the realm of mold, what led him to become a renowned professional in the functional medicine world, and an advocate for healthier living for all. Throughout his journey, Brenden has continued to push for greater understanding, awareness, and change of how environmental factors like mold impact health in relation to overall wellbeing due to lifestyle. 

    Brenden believes that his first brush with mold began after moving into a water-damaged house with his fiance at the time. Over time, his fiance continued to feel chronically ill and developed what he believed was a classic case of CIRS. Still, while they went to a variety of doctors and specialists, no one could pinpoint what was causing her to feel unwell, even though she continued to suggest that mold was the root cause. Sadly, she would eventually lose her battle with life in 2020, and they would never get to the bottom of whether or not she was struggling with mold toxicity. 

    As Brenden said, "Trying to save her is what got me into functional medicine," and years later, he would be re-introduced to the idea of mold illness. From that moment on, he hit the ground running and dove into researching and figuring out how to help individuals get their bodies back into balance, especially if they’ve been suffering from mold exposure. The biggest piece of the puzzle, he found, is to help clients focus on getting their mental health in a positive place and actively work on improving their metabolic health. 

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    You can learn more about Brendan Vermeire at: 

    @the_holistic_savage

    https://www.metabolicsolutionsllc.com/



    1 hr
  • Never Been Sicker #29 - Going Down the Rabbit Hole, Interview with Lauren Keller

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    Today’s guest is Lauren Keller, a nurse practitioner, certified midwife, and mold survivor. Like many suffering from mold toxicity, Lauren had no idea how much this indoor contaminant could impact her body until she moved into a rental house while getting her graduate degree. It took some time after the chronic symptoms initially developed before she realized that something wasn’t quite right in her body. 

    What followed were years of misdiagnosis, even though she was a professional in the medical realm. From depression, multiple sclerosis, and Lyme disease, Lauren heard it all and underwent a million and one tests to try to prove it. It took a random encounter for her to start going down the rabbit hole of environmental factors like mold as possible culprits. Luckily, she stuck to her instincts that something wasn’t quite right and eventually realized it was mold toxicity that was causing her ongoing issues. 

    From there, she began the long journey of healing, and she continued going down the rabbit hole of the effect environmental factors have on health. Her passion for the subject led her to not only a career change but also a move halfway across the world. 

    Today’s Talk:

    In this episode, Michael Rubino sits down with Lauren Keller to discuss her life-changing experience with mold. Her journey shows that even though someone’s in the medical world, that doesn’t mean that they can’t suffer from mold illness because of the general lack of understanding and awareness of this indoor contaminant. 

    Lauren’s brush with mold began in graduate school after she moved into a house with visible mold. As she said, though, no one talked about mold. Even while in school to become a certified nurse, she never once learned about mold illness and the health implications of exposure. So, while she thought everything was fine, the toxicity slowly began chipping away at her health until her symptoms became so pronounced that she couldn’t live her normal life. At one point, her chronic fatigue was so bad that she was sleeping almost 20 hours a day. 

    Determined to find the cause, she started going down the rabbit hole of trying to find a diagnosis, but like many, it was an incredibly difficult struggle. No doctor could tell her what was wrong and instead suggested she might have mental health issues instead of something physically wrong. It took years of her continually going down the rabbit hole of research and trial and error before she finally considered mold as the root cause of her problem. 

    Her entire experience with mold showed her just how little is known about this indoor contaminant and how little people think it can affect health-even medical professionals. Her own symptoms proved to her just how powerful the effects of exposure can be, and now much more attention is needed to how factors in our indoor environment impact health. From struggling to find someone to help build a safe home to hearing those around her say that mold is no big deal, she’s witnessed countless issues regarding mold awareness.

    Using this understanding, she decided to change careers and is now helping people around the world heal who are going down the rabbit hole of environmental-related exposures and chronic illness. 

    "When you're that ill and then you start recovering, you just see the world differently and you see the way you want to live your life differently. Mainstream doesn't really make as much sense anymore."

    https://www.themichaelrubino.com/
    https://www.homecleanse.com/

    You can learn more about Lauren Keller at: 

    @twopurplecarrots&l

    58 min
  • Never Been Sicker #28 - Fighting to be Heard, Interview with Samantha Huddleston

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    Today’s guest is Samantha Huddleston, a military spouse, mother, mold survivor, and advocate for awareness. After moving from Hawaii to Washington and then to California, Samantha believes she hopped from moldy environment to moldy environment before her body had finally had enough. That’s when her journey of fighting to be heard began.

    It would take years of living in a moldy home before she realized that a contaminant in her indoor environment might be what was causing her problems all along: mold. She saw doctor after doctor, but few had any kind of experience or awareness when it came to mold. Even after being diagnosed with Hashimotos, she trusted her instincts that the mold she continued to see in her home was triggering her chronic symptoms. Eventually, fighting to be heard paid off, and she finally found someone that listened, ran tests that showed high levels of mold toxicity, and started her down the path of detoxing.

    Today’s Talk:

    In this episode, Michael Rubino sits down with Samantha Huddleston to discuss her long journey living in moldy environments and fighting to be heard. It took years for Samantha to find individuals who believed in her instincts that mold was the problem, showing just how much more awareness is needed when it comes to this indoor contaminant.

    After moving to an older home in California while her husband went to graduate school, Samantha slowly started noticing recurring moldy issues throughout the home. At the time, though, she had no idea how much mold could impact her health and opted to try to clean it off. About a year after moving into the home, her symptoms started to ramp up. From anxiety and depression to chronic fatigue and brain fog, Samantha could barely get through her normal, everyday life. 

    Her first attempt at seeking medical help occurred on Christmas Day, and she continued to see doctor after doctor from that initial visit to the ER, starting her journey of fighting to be heard. The medical professionals went back and forth on whether she might have a thyroid malfunction, kidney issues, iron deficiency, or mental health problems, but eventually settled on Hashimoto's. Still, she just had a feeling that the mold she kept seeing was the culprit. 

    Refusing to let the idea go, Samantha kept fighting to be heard and finally found a doctor that listened. After running a series of tests, her bloodwork showed high levels of mold toxicity. Armed with the answers, Samantha began the long journey of detoxing and is still working on getting her body back into balance. Choosing to look on the bright side, she said that she’s still grateful for the experience because it opened her eyes to how important it is to have a safe indoor environment and how little awareness there is for mold. By sharing her story, she hopes that others will begin to examine their homes as potential sources of ongoing illness and find the culprit for their symptoms much faster than she did.

    "The doctor works for you. That’s my big thing. If the doctor is not addressing the problem, and they're not willing to listen, and they're making you feel like you're a little bit crazy for talking like this, then they're not the doctor for you. You might try out a bunch of them. It's a long process. But I promise it will be worth it in the end to find one that actually listens to you."

    https://www.themichaelrubino.com/
    https://www.homecleanse.com/

    You can chat more with Samantha Huddleson at:

    @samantha__huddleston

    39 min
  • Never Been Sicker #27 - Moving Out of Mold, Interview with Lindsey Jones

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    Today’s guest is Lindsey Jones, mother of three, mold survivor, and passionate advocate. Lindsey’s unique journey with mold began with a pipe burst that led to a massive contamination situation that slowly took over and eventually led to them moving out of mold. To make it even more frightening, the entire situation occurred while she was pregnant with her daughter. 

    For the year that they lived in the toxic environment, Lindsey struggled with a range of symptoms, even after they hired a remediation company to come in and fix the situation multiple times. The health effects were so drastic that she could barely take care of herself, much less her newborn baby. She and her husband battled to overcome the hurdle of downplaying mold exposure as the culprit for their issues, but when Lindsey found hidden mold all over her home, she realized that his fungus might be to blame after it all. Her discovery and repeated attempts at solving the issue led them to decide on moving out of mold instead of continuing to live in a toxic environment.

    Today’s Talk:

    In this episode, Michael Rubino chats with Lindsey Jones about her overwhelming and debilitating experience living through mold exposure. Her ordeal shows how much more attention needs to be paid to this indoor contaminant and how difficult it can be to accept that mold could be the cause of such large-scale issues. 

    Lindsey’s initial encounter with mold began when a pipe burst while she and her family were away on vacation. Their absence allowed for the water to soak through the entire home, creating a large-scale potential situation for mold to move in on. While they hired someone to come in and dry out their home as well as fix all of the structural issues, Lindsey still began experiencing a range of odd symptoms after moving back into the house. Since she was pregnant, though, they believed that was the underlying cause. 

    Almost at the end of her pregnancy, Lindsey discovered mold in the island in her kitchen, resulting in her and her husband hiring the same remediation company to come back and solve the problem. The company quickly remediated the visible issue while Lindsey was still in the home, and assured her family that the problem was now resolved. She put her faith in these individuals and believed that this was the end of the story. It never crossed her mind that she would eventually be moving out of mold and the incredibly toxic environment they were living in.

    Fast forward to after she gave birth, and these adverse health reactions began to spiral out of control. So much so that she could barely take care of her newborn daughter or even move around her own home. Even with individuals suggesting that mold could be the culprit, she remained convinced that the issue was resolved and that there was no way this fungus could be causing so many issues. It took a chance glimpse of mold in her home to figure out there was a massive contamination issue within the building. 

    While they tried to remediate it again, they realized that moving out of mold was the best option for their health. Thankfully, due to Lindsey’s extensive research, they only moved out with the clothes on their backs and left all of their contaminated belongings inside of the home. She’s now back to feeling like her healthy, normal self and is using this experience to help others and advocate for change when it comes to mold.

    https://www.themichaelrubino.com/
    https://www.homecleanse.com/

    You can chat more with Lindsey Jones on Instagram at:

    @lindseykjones

    56 min
  • Never Been Sicker #26 - Listening to Intuition, Interview with Victoria Fisher

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    Today’s guest is Victoria Fisher, a mold survivor, awareness advocate, and soon-to-be mother. Victoria unknowingly lived with mold for five years. Thankfully, she continued listening to intuition and discovered that the culprit for her chronic problems existed right within her own home. Even after seeing doctor after doctor, no one could pinpoint what the problem was, and instead only gave her band-aids for the problem. 

    The experience taught Victoria how important it is to continue advocating for her own health and listening to intuition. Refusing to accept her condition as the new normal, she discovered the answers on her own and fought to get her body back into balance and healthy once more. Even while fighting with apartment complex management and medical professionals that were woefully unfamiliar with mold. Still, she considers this event a learning and strengthening experience and is using her story to help others who may be suffering from similar situations.

    Today’s Talk:

    In this episode, Michael Rubino chats with Victoria Fisher about her five-year experience with mold exposure and just how difficult it can be to find answers. Not only that, but also the lack of experience with acceptance and understanding when it comes to this indoor contaminant, especially from apartment management. Listening to intuition and refusing to accept her situation as the new normal is the main driver that got her through the experience. 

    At first, when Victoria’s mental and physical health started to take a downward turn, she thought it might be her birth control causing all of the issues. When the symptoms persisted even after the removal of her Nexplanon, she then turned to genetic conditions. Her mother suffered from thyroid cancer, so Victoria began seeing medical professionals to determine if this could be the cause of her problems. As it typically goes with mold toxicity, every single test they ran came back normal.

    As the symptoms progressed over time, she saw an increasing number of doctors and specialists, but no one could give her an answer to her issues. Victoria refused to give up, though. As she said, "I just knew that this didn't have to be my story, and I didn't want it to be my story," so she continued pushing for answers and listening to intuition. It took years of research and perseverance before she finally found her answer: indoor mold growth. After finding specific indicators in the test results, she immediately contacted Texas Mold Inspectors to come in and assess her and her husband’s apartment. They, of course, found the mold.

    What followed was a long and drawn-out battle with the apartment complex management. Luckily, Victoria had the foresight to begin and maintain a paper trail, which she would eventually use to break her lease. From there, she focused on healing her body while staying with her in-laws and finding a new home that didn’t already have a mold problem. 

    Looking back, Victoria said that while it’s been a wild ride, she still wouldn’t give up the experience. It brought her so much awareness and passion for creating a healthy home that she’s grateful for. 

    https://www.themichaelrubino.com/
    https://www.homecleanse.com/

    You can chat more with Victoria at:

    @v.c.fisher

    43 min
  • Never Been Sicker #25 - A Mold Revolutionist, Interview with Erik Johnson

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    Today’s guest is Erik Johnson, a U.S. veteran, advocate, podcast host, author, mold revolutionist, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome survivor. Erik has been an invaluable asset in pushing for change thanks to his deep history with both mold illness and chronic fatigue syndrome. Throughout his life, he’s experienced mold exposure on several occasions and the drastic impact it has on health.

    Using this experience, Erik has dedicated his life to pushing the line forward when it comes to mold awareness, research, and related illnesses. After witnessing countless individuals suffer through the debilitating symptoms of exposure while still seeing little to no action taken to address this ongoing issue, he realized that change wasn’t going to come easily. Still, those dealing with chronic illness deserve help, which is why he’s spent years of his life researching, sharing his story, advocating for change, and shining a massive light on this worldwide issue.

    Today’s Talk:

    In this episode, Michael Rubino had the opportunity to speak with Erik Johnson and hear this mold revolutionist’s amazing journey of living with exposure. His journey with mold began after his family started managing a hotel at an old stagecoach stop on the Sonora Pass in 1964. Erik said that he immediately realized he was in trouble after developing a list of chronic symptoms. Over time, his entire childhood would be impacted, from lack of energy and sociability to development and neurological issues.

    Eventually, they would find mold inside the walls of the hotel. That discovery introduced Erik to the idea of mold and started him on a journey towards awareness. For the next few decades, he would continue to experience mold in various places during his life after that initial onset of sensitivity. Even joining the army and moving to a base in Germany presented certain mold-related issues. A leak in the basement armory led to not only Erik experiencing chronic symptoms but his entire unit as well. While he battled exposure for some time, he eventually realized that he wouldn’t be able to reenlist because of his failing health.

    In the following years, Erik would continue to notice "sick building" after "sick building" and the effects they had on the people inside. This was the initial spark for becoming a mold revolutionist. With a built-in sensitivity radar for mold in his own body, we slowly began to consider whether any of these buildings also had mold. At the time, he also became Dr. Paul Cheney's very first mystery illness patient during the Lake Tahoe epidemic in 1985. It was while trying to find answers during this outbreak that he realized how skewed the world was when it came to mold exposure and related illnesses.

    While they acknowledged the validity of a new condition, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, they failed to research and associate the illness with mold exposure. The entire scenario led to Erik’s life’s work in researching, advocating, and embracing being a mold revolutionist. Now, he spends his time starting conversations, sharing his story, writing, hosting his podcast Exposing Mold, and various other actions to shine a light on the mold epidemic.

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    Learn more about Erik Johnson at:

    https://exposingmold.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/exposingmold/

    https://www.facebook.com/exposingmold

    56 min
  • Never Been Sicker #24 - The Loneliness of Mold Exposure, Interview with Haileigh

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    Today’s guest is Haileigh, a registered nurse, independent wellness advocate, mother of three, and mold survivor. Haileigh, her husband, and their three sons suffered from mold illness for years before figuring out that it was their environment making them sick. From detoxing and the loneliness of mold exposure to dealing with Western medicine trends, she’s gone through the wringer trying to heal her family.

    Her determination and persistence in finding the answers are what finally led Haileigh down the path of mold. Looking back, she’s finally starting to realize exactly how much mold exposure impacted her family, particularly her young children. Using this experience, she’s continuing to focus on detoxing her family while also beginning to take steps to help others who are going through similar situations so they don’t have to experience the loneliness of mold exposure.

    Today’s Talk:
    In this episode, Michael Rubino sits down with Haileigh to discuss how much of an impact mold exposure can have on an entire family, the loneliness of mold exposure, and the difficulties of navigating the experience. As Haileigh points out, there just aren’t enough people familiar with mold and the dramatic and far-reaching effects it can have on health.

    Haileigh and her family moved into a new home about three years ago while she was pregnant with her third child. Over time, each of them began developing chronic issues, from strep throat and gastrointestinal issues to kidney and gallbladder problems. One of her sons went on to develop PANS/PANDAS and Haileigh experienced appendicitis that led to a combined birthing and surgery situation. As a healthy woman who exercised regularly and ensured her children were healthy as well, she couldn’t understand why her family continued to experience health problem after health problem.

    She took her family to a variety of doctors over the months, but no one could give her a definitive answer as to what was going on. Haileigh said that the loneliness of mold exposure was one of the worst parts. Those around her, even relatives, weren’t understanding of what they were all going through and the severity of their suffering.

    Luckily, they eventually discovered that it was their indoor environment that was causing the problem and that they had been living in mold all that time. Their battle didn’t stop there, though. From that moment of discovery, Haileigh and her husband would struggle to find medical professionals who could help create personal detox plans, they would lose many of their belongings to contamination, they’d experience a transition home with mold, and they’d battle insurance companies for coverage. All while trying to recover from mold exposure and find a safe place to raise their children.

    Thankfully, they’re now in a safe environment and are continuing to work on their health and help others who may be going through similar experiences and experiencing the loneliness of mold exposure.

    "Don't stop. If you're not getting the answers that you need from a doctor, if they're not listening to you, and things are still happening and things aren't making sense, listen to your gut. Get uncomfortable. Be comfortable with getting uncomfortable."

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    Learn more about Haileigh at:
    Instagram: @hpopp425
    https://www.doterra.com/US/en/site/poppofhealth/

    54 min
  • Never Been Sicker #23 - The Mental Aspect of Mold Toxicity, Interview with Amanda Panacea

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    Today’s guest is Amanda Panacea, a licensed mental health counselor, life coach, and holistic health practitioner. Amanda knew from a young age that mold was not her friend. Between dealing with physical symptoms and the mental aspect of mold toxicity, she was well acquainted with how much this indoor contaminant could affect her health.

    Later on in life, she would encounter a mold situation that drastically shifted her life while she was studying functional medicine. Luckily, she was familiar with mold illness and pushed through the pain to begin her journey to healing. Now she’s helping others who are suffering from similar situations detox and find relief from exposure, as well as getting back on track from the mental aspect of mold toxicity.

    Today’s Talk:
    In this episode, Michael Rubino sits down with Amanda Panacea to discuss her life-long battle with mold and the mental aspect of mold toxicity. As a child, Amanda said she was basically allergic to everything, which is why she knew mold was a problem. She was lucky enough to have a mom fully invested in her health, so she knew from previous doctor visits that many species of mold triggered her symptoms.

    It wasn’t until she developed hepatitis A that her full-blown mold illness symptoms developed much more strongly than her previous symptoms. Still, it took some time for her to pinpoint that mold was the underlying culprit. Living in South Florida and studying to be a functional medicine practitioner, she visited quite a few doctors to determine what the problem was, but it would be some time before she realized this indoor contaminant was to blame.

    Everything came to a head when she began seeing her current boyfriend, who lived in an apartment with mold. Amanda quickly developed a list of symptoms and started battling the mental aspect of mold toxicity. Still, while she knew mold was in the apartment, she hoped that by spending less time in the building, she’d be fine.

    As the symptoms and mental aspect of mold toxicity persisted, though, she knew that wasn’t the case. Luckily, she started working for a company in 2020 that used bioenergetic testing to help individuals get their bodies back into balance. After using this method on herself, she finally began to heal from her list of symptoms.

    Amanda is using her knowledge now to help others heal their bodies from mold exposure and recover from the mental aspect of mold exposure.

    "With pain comes passion. A lot of people, when they go through something as horrible as mold illness, they come out of it with so much more education on not just mold but like the entire body and brain and even like taking care of your home. They also usually want to help other people do the same."

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    https://www.homecleanse.com/

    Learn more about Amanda Panacea at:
    Instagram: @amandapanacea
    https://creatingbalancedhealth.com/

    26 min
  • Never Been Sicker #22 - Reclaiming Life After Mold, Interview with Kealy Severson

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    Today’s guest is Kealy Severson, a licensed healthcare professional, environmentally acquired injury specialist, podcast host, and mold survivor. While she’s not completely sure when her journey with mold-related illness began, she believes that this fungus began taking root when she was a child. However, it wasn't until her entire family began to get sick that she realized some environmental factor must be at play and she needed to begin reclaiming life after mold.

    Her experience with mold highlights just how prevalent this mold is indoors and how drastically it can impact health. Kealy understands firsthand how much mold can impact normal, everyday life, having dealt with the effects of chronic illness, struggling to keep us as a mother of three, caring for sick children, and the strain on a marriage. Now, she’s using this massive and traumatic life event to help others who are also dealing with environmental contaminants.

    Today’s Talk:
    During this episode, Michael Rubino chats with mold survivor Kealy Severson to discuss her long and exhausting battle with mold exposure. While she can’t pinpoint exactly when her illness began, she distinctly remembers an event when she was 10 years old and experienced a drastic personality shift. Looking back, she thinks that’s when her fungus problems began- in a damp basement.

    Throughout the next 18 years, she experienced chronic symptoms throughout her life but never pieced together what the trigger was. Instead, she normalized her symptoms. It wasn’t until adulthood that she realized something else was at play. She and her family just moved into an apartment after Kealy took a new position as an acupuncturist. While they smelled a musty odor in the kitchen, Kealy said that she never associated a mildew smell with hidden water or mold. Over the next few years, she, her husband, and her three children all began experiencing a range of symptoms.

    As her health slowly began to deteriorate, her relationship with her husband did as well. One of his main symptoms of exposure was a dramatic mood and personality switch that made him act like a completely different person. It wasn’t until she heard a podcast featuring a woman affected by mold that she started to consider this fungus as a potential culprit. Still, it would be some time before her husband discovered the hidden mold in their kitchen.

    What followed was a battle with their landlord, moving out with the clothes on their back, and then moving into a home down the street. She immediately began detoxification protocols for herself and each member of their family to start reclaiming life after mold. While they did begin to feel better, it was an incredibly slow and drawn-out process. Low and behold, they discovered hidden mold in this home as well.

    From there, they battled for remediation again and ended up moving in with Kealy’s mother, whose apartment also had mold. Kealy and her family weren’t able to begin reclaiming life after mold until they bought a new home that was free from this fungus.

    “The first thing that you should look to if you're chronically sick is something in your environment because it's been normalized to think that it's a disease or something else. And, so many of these chronic illnesses have an intimate environmental component and I don't think people realize that and it doesn't matter about your genetics. These aren't genetic disorders. These are environmental disorders causing genetic activation problems with your health.”

    https://www.themichaelrubino.com/
    https://www.homecleanse.com/

    Learn more about Kealy Severson at:
    https://exposingmold.com/
    https://www.instagram.com/exposingmold/
    https://www.facebook.com/exposingmold

    40 min

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Since the success of HomeCleanse, formerly known as All American Restoration, Michael Rubino continues to feature as a guest on podcasts to delve into mold discussions. In "Never Been Sicker,"…

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