Kelly Augustin Holistic Therapies

07/12/2025

Today's the last day of ibd awareness week. And it's a really really hard day for me. I'm due a period so symptoms always get unbearable. 😭
This is my personal account of what it's like living with IBD...

I read something recently that said to speak from the scar not the wound. I am not sure I am quite in the scar phase yet, but the wound isn’t gaping so I want to share my personal account of how it feels to live with IBD as it is IBD awareness week.

04/12/2025

Another personal perspective on this journey back to wellness...

01/12/2025

The past 3 months have been the most challenging in my life so far. I have been in a severe IBD flare which has literally knocked me off my feet. I have self managed without drugs for 15 years and for that I am thankful, but Since having my kids my body has struggled to manage the stressors of life more (I also have hEDS which adds complexity to the nature of the ibd).
It's a lonely walk when you can't see someone's illness. A few people have tried to relate to me saying 'yes I get IBS too'. But IBS is very different to IBD.

IBD is an autoimmune condition of which the root cause isn't fully understood and varies significantly from one person to another. Diet looks very different from person to person. For me, I've always tried to pay attention to my nutrition as I know that plays a big part, but stress is the biggest risk factor and I'd not been managing that.

EDS drives inflammation, so does perimenopause (which I'm well and truly in!)
It's exhausting when the medical system doesn't connect the dots between symptoms and that adds stress to my journey back to health.

But I believe everything in life can teach us something if we let it.

I'm learning total surrender through this process.
I'm learning to be more compassionate towards myself. I'm the classic woman who outwardly displays love and compassion to others, but I've not been good at extending that love and grace to myself.
My children are my priority so I need to be well for them first. Everywhere outside of home I'm replaceable, but I'm not to my family.
I've been reminded that nothing blooms all the time so why should I?
As the Bette Midler song the Rose has reminded me 'just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snow, lies the seed that with the sun's love, in the spring becomes the rose'.

I'm eternally grateful for a very loving and supportive husband who has extended love and grace to me throughout this season.

I'm hoping to be back at work in the NY and doing what I love; helping people on their health and wellbeing journeys. But for now, I'm taking care of me and going as slow as needed to recover.

09/10/2025

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08/10/2025

So many of my clients are in my head whilst I'm reading this book. And my heart breaks for us women who struggle through so many symptoms, being let down by traditional medicine, normalising struggle, pain and 'pushing through' but this only makes symptoms worse.

There are so many lifestyle tweaks we can make to improve these years of premenopause, and us colon hydrotherapists are often one of the first people to start helping women connect the dots with their lifestyles and health challenges.
We all have different vessels we're travelling through life in, with different genetics and personalities, but there are always steps you can take to naturally improve your hormones at this stage of life.
Start by talking to someone.
Let go of the need to help everyone else. Start with you. It's not selfish. It's actually the best way we can serve others.
Let's rewrite the script. Learn to listen to your body's wisdom. Go gently. Go slower. Move with intention and see how the balance of good health restores ❤️

01/10/2025

Menopause awareness month...

12/08/2025

August in National Wellness month and here is a blog I have written.

According to the NIH, Wellness is a holistic integration of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, fuelling the body, engaging the mind, and nurturing the spirit.