Making Sense of Detox: What Hair Tests and Methylation Really Tell Us

Terrain Work: Why Your Body's Story Matters More Than Your SymptomsAfter 11 years of tissue mineral analysis and 44 personal tests, I've learned that sustainable healing isn't about chasing symptoms or following one-size-fits-all protocols. It's about understanding your unique terrain - your genetics, constitution, life story, and the environmental factors that shaped your health journey.In this vulnerable birthday episode, I share the biggest insights from my decade-plus healing journey, including how I finally moved from survival mode to true optimization. I dive into why personalized medicine must go beyond lab results to include your genetic bottlenecks, astrological constitution, and shadow work - elements completely missing from traditional clinical approaches.What you'll discover: • Why genetics "load the gun" but environment "pulls the trigger" - and what this means for your healing • How sulfur pathway challenges can sabotage even the best protocols (and which popular supplements made my gut worse) • The astrology-mineral connection that revolutionized my approach to supplementation • Why I was stuck in cell danger response for years and how getting out changed everything • The shadow work piece that clinical medicine ignores - but tribes understood intuitively • How understanding your metabolic type and constitutional needs prevents healing plateausThis isn't just another HTMA episode - it's an invitation to see your body as an integrated system with its own unique story, patterns, and needs. Real terrain work addresses your whole self: your environment, your history, your emotional landscape, and your constitutional blueprint.If you're tired of protocols that work for everyone else but not you, this episode will shift how you think about personalized healing forever.Mentioned in this episode: • My July 15th episode "Making Sense of Detox: What Hair Tests and Methylation Really Tell Us" • My 2020 interview with airway specialist Michale Chatam on cellular voltage • Last year's "10 Years of HTMA Insights" birthday episodeReady for truly personalized healing? I'm accepting  2 new clients for my 6-month Rewilded Wellness coaching program starting October 2025, where we integrate HTMA, BiomeFX, genetic analysis, and your birth chart for a completely individualized approach. Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

In this birthday month deep dive, I'm sharing the profound realizations that have emerged from 11 years of quarterly hair mineral testing and my journey into constitutional herbalism. As we transition from Leo's fixed fire into Virgo's mutable earth energy, it's the perfect time to explore what real, lasting health transformation actually looks like.Spoiler alert: it's not what wellness culture has taught you to expect.After 44 hair tests and working with hundreds of clients, I've discovered that the most revolutionary thing you can do for your health is also the most "boring" - getting your foundations right through slow, constitutional medicine. But here's why this approach is actually radical: it works WITH your body's intelligence instead of against it.In this episode, I explore:🌾 Why seasonal transitions (like Leo to Virgo) are perfect opportunities to support your body's natural adaptation patterns - and how eating water-dense summer foods rich in structured water and potassium sets you up for smoother transitions🌿 The impatience trap that's keeping you stuck - how fighting against your body's natural timing actually burns through your vital life force energy, leaving you more depleted than when you started💧 Oatstraw as teacher - why this silica powerhouse is one of my favorite examples of constitutional medicine that rebuilds your cellular hydration matrix, supports fascia flexibility, and teaches your tissues to trust again (yes, this impacts your sex life!)🌺 The deeper truth about the "low progesterone era" so many women are experiencing - it's not a deficiency, it's intelligent adaptation. Your body won't make the hormone of safety and creativity if your nervous system believes you're under threat🌻 Goldenrod medicine for Virgo season - how this incredible plant helps with the Mercury principle of discernment, supporting sensitive systems overwhelmed by environmental inputs while maintaining mineral balanceThis isn't about quick fixes or bio-hacking your way to health. This is about becoming a devotee of your own body and understanding that slow, sustainable approaches create changes that actually stick. Constitutional herbs, seasonal awareness, and mineral foundations might not be Instagram-worthy, but they're the bedrock of authentic vitality.Ready to embrace the revolutionary power of "boring" foundational health work? Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

In this episode, I'm calling out the spiritual bypassing that's everywhere in the wellness space right now. From "you just need courage, not healing" to "you're not broken" - these oversimplified messages are missing the complex reality of being human.After 11 years of quarterly hair mineral testing and watching my body respond to life, I've learned that we need BOTH courage AND healing. We need nuanced conversations that honor the whole human experience - the beautiful AND the messy.I break down why the "positive vibes only" approach to wellness is actually keeping people stuck, why your body isn't broken but might still have terrain worth addressing, and how we can hold multiple truths simultaneously without falling into victim mentality OR spiritual bypassing.This is about foundations over quick fixes, depth over arguments, and composting our experiences into wisdom rather than pretending half of human experience doesn't exist.If you're tired of the either/or mentality in wellness and ready for both/and conversations, this episode is for you.The most exciting thing you can do for your health is actually the most boring: getting your foundations right first. Let's talk about what that really means. Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

I've been soaking up this magical Leo season, picking berries at local farms and making plant infusions that feel like exactly what my body needs. It got me thinking about flow versus force - and how we've all been conditioned to swim upstream against our bodies instead of working with their natural wisdom.In this episode, I'm sharing what my garden taught me about healing, why I've made some bold boundary decisions in my practice, and how to move beyond the endless root cause hunting that keeps so many people stuck in health rabbit holes.I dive into a powerful case study of a 49-year-old client whose previous functional medicine approach had her on hormone precursors to "fix" imbalanced labs, while completely missing the terrain story her body was telling. When we looked at her hair mineral analysis and microbiome testing together, we discovered inflammation markers 10x normal, gut bacteria producing 318x normal levels of toxic methane gas, and a nervous system stuck in chronic threat detection mode.This is what happens when we treat symptoms instead of understanding terrain. Her minerals showed a body fighting systemic inflammation for months, while her gut revealed missing keystone species and an ecosystem completely out of balance. The internal pressure from this chaos showed up as sleepless nights, brain fog, vision issues, and that constant feeling of being overwhelmed by everything.This episode is a call-in for what I like to call the "conscious rebuilders" - people ready to stop fighting their bodies and start flowing with their innate wisdom. If you're tired of the endless testing cycles, supplement protocols that feel like warfare, and practitioners who treat your body like a broken machine, this conversation is for you.We talk about why minerals AND microbes must be addressed simultaneously, how to read your body's adaptation story instead of chasing root causes, and what it looks like to rebuild foundational terrain rather than just manage symptoms.My Minerals and Microbes program is evolving after over a year of working with this approach. I have spots available through August 9th at the current structure before it transforms to reflect everything I've learned about this deeper level of terrain restoration work.Ready to stop swimming upstream and start flowing with your body's wisdom? Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

I've never met a single person cured by a parasite cleanse. Yet everywhere you look, someone's pushing the latest elimination protocol. What if the obsession with cleansing parasites is actually keeping you trapped in cycles of depletion?In this episode, I break down why the warfare mentality toward parasites fails, what these organisms are actually doing in your ecosystem, and how our cultural shift from Capricorn rigidity to Aquarian innovation is changing everything about how we approach healing.We explore: • What parasites are really telling you about your terrain • Why ancestral seasonal deworming worked but modern cleanses don't • The psychological parallels between physical and energetic parasites • How the Western purity paradigm keeps you fighting instead of building • The difference between toxic and healthy masculine approaches to health • Sophie Strand's wisdom about composting pain instead of purging it • Practical steps to shift from elimination to terrain-buildingThis isn't just about parasites - it's about fundamentally changing how you relate to your body, your healing, and your power. Ready to stop fighting your ecosystem and start tending it? Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

Your Body Isn't Meant to Be Forced Into SubmissionWhat if the way we've been approaching healing is fundamentally imbalanced? In this episode, I share a deeply personal journey from forcing protocols to embracing flow, and why this shift matters for all of us - especially women.I open with a story from my recent new moon ritual at the wild spring where I collect my water, exploring how our relationship with the elements can become medicine rather than just another item on our wellness checklist. Then I dive into a conversation I had with Amanda from The Healer Revolution podcast (episode drops in September!) about an intuitive choice I made before a recent massage - taking the homeopathic remedy Cuprum Metallicum to support my fascia and connective tissue. This seemingly simple decision opens up a much bigger conversation about copper as the metal of Venus, the archetypal energy of receptivity, and how we can prepare our bodies to receive healing rather than forcing them into submission.From there, we explore the masculine-feminine imbalance that's taken over healthcare - how we've created systems built on force, structure, and rigid protocols without the balancing principles of intuition, receptivity, and gentle flow. I contrast coffee enemas (forcing the body to release) with castor oil packs (creating conditions where the body feels safe to let go) as a perfect example of these two approaches.This isn't just about healing modalities - it's about a collective pattern we're seeing everywhere. We've swung so far into the "hustle harder" mentality that we've forgotten true healing happens in relationship, in safety, in that space where someone feels held enough to finally soften.I share how this understanding has shaped my Mineral Foundations course and my current client work, where I create what I call "ecosystem restoration" rather than symptom-chasing protocols. Your body is a living ecosystem, and like any ecosystem, it requires the right conditions to thrive - not force.Perfect for anyone tired of battling their body, ready to explore a gentler path to healing, or curious about integrating ancient wisdom with modern wellness approaches.This episode sets the stage for my upcoming summer series on terrain restoration and moving beyond the root cause paradigm. Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

Making Sense of Detox: What Hair Tests and Methylation Really Tell UsWhy aren't your detox protocols working? In this episode, Lydia breaks down the missing piece most people overlook - your cellular electrical system. Learn why supporting individual detox pathways fails when your foundational cellular charge is compromised, and discover what your hair test is really telling you about your body's ability to eliminate toxins.Topics covered: • Why your cells need electrical charge to detoxify • The truth about methylation vs. glucuronidation pathways• How to read your hair test as an adaptation story • Why cell danger response shuts down detox genes • The foundation that makes all protocols actually workPerfect for anyone frustrated with detox protocols that aren't delivering results. Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

What if the very thing you think is helping you heal is actually keeping you stuck?In this episode, we're diving deep into why the "root cause" paradigm has gone too far - and how it's creating the very stress response you're trying to heal from.I'm sharing the difference between two energies: the Ouroboros (chasing your tail, consuming your own healing energy) and Magnetism (aligning with your body's natural intelligence).You'll discover: • Why hunting for THE root cause keeps you in fight-or-flight • How to shift from chasing solutions to creating conditions for healing • The interference problem that's drowning out your body's signals • Why co-regulation with people and environment matters so much • The difference between correction and integration models • How the built environment disrupts your body's natural magnetismThis isn't about adding more protocols to your life. It's about trusting your body's wisdom over the noise around you.If you're tired of being the Ouroboros and ready to reclaim your body's natural blueprint for health, this episode is for you. Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

In this eye-opening episode, I share a personal story about a severe poison ivy reaction that revealed profound insights about why your body might be rejecting minerals and supplements - even when you're doing everything "right."What You'll Discover:• The Hidden Connection: How poison ivy exposure mirrors mold exposure and other environmental toxins that trigger your body's protective mechanisms• Why Your Body Goes Into "Survival Mode": Understanding the Cell Danger Response and how it affects every system in your body - from digestion to hormones to sleep• The HTMA Reality Check: Why Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis results look different today than they did 10 years ago, and how to interpret the complex patterns we're seeing• The Gentle Approach: Why aggressive supplementation often backfires when your body is in Cell Danger Response, and what to do instead• Beyond Quick Fixes: How environmental factors you can't control (like shared living spaces or workplace exposure) affect your healing timelineKey Takeaway: When your body is in Cell Danger Response, it's not rejecting your healing efforts - it's allocating resources toward massive protective work. Understanding this changes everything about how we approach mineral balancing and recovery.If you've been frustrated by slow progress despite following protocols perfectly, this episode will help you understand what's really happening beneath the surface and how to work WITH your body's protective wisdom instead of against it.*Perfect for anyone dealing with mold exposure, chronic fatigue, hormonal imbalances, or mysterious symptoms that seem to resist conventional healing approaches.* Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing

In this heartfelt episode, I explore the importance of patience, trust, and self-compassion on your healing journey—especially when progress feels slow or invisible. I discuss how true growth often happens beneath the surface, much like the unseen networks of mycelium and roots in nature, and how honoring this process can deepen resilience and facilitate lasting transformation. If you’re navigating chronic health issues, adrenal fatigue, or long-term detox pathways, this episode offers insights to help you trust your body’s wisdom and embrace the quiet, vital work of healing.For more episodes like this:Revisit Episode 12 of Season 2: Integration vs. Correction — The Heart of Sustainable HealingDive into the physiological roots of chronic issues in Episode 217 (January 7, 2025): Facing the Shadows — Understanding the Cell Danger ResponseAnd if you are committed to long-term healing using hair tissue mineral analysis, don’t miss Episode 210 (November 7, 2024): Facing the Shadows — Deconditioning Fear on Your Mineral Balancing Journey. Mineral Foundations Course HERE Minerals and microbes package HERE Rewilded Wellness program HERE Join my newsletter HERE If you are interested in becoming a client and have questions, reach out by emailing me: [email protected] Find me on Instagram : @ Lydiajoy.me OR @ holisticmineralbalancing