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Flourish with Jewell

Hi!

I’m Jewell, a midwife, herbalist, and integrative medicine practitioner who looks for the root cause of illness/dis-ease and works in partnership with you to create a holistic approach for healing so that you flourish in your life.

04/06/2024

How many of you have seen a provider for any of the below symptoms? Were you prescribed birth control or an SSRI?? You are not alone {hugs}!!

🗝️Although there is a time & place for prescription medication, it doesn’t resolve or fix the underlying imbalance.

Signs 🪧 of Hormonal Imbalance:
- Acne on the face, chest, or upper back
- Hair thinning or loss
- Heavy periods
- Hirsutism (excess body hair)
- Hot flashes
- Infertility
- Irregular menstrual cycles
- Low s*x drive
- Vaginal dryness and atrophy
- Bloating and GI upset
- Tender, swollen, or fibrocystic breasts
- Headaches
- Endometriosis
- Anxiety or other mood changes
- Fibroids
- Mood swings
- PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome)

What Causes Hormonal Imbalances:
Diet, genetics, environmental factors, stress and lifestyle, and even medications.

^Functional hormone testing often includes blood and/or saliva samples.

^Leave questions or thoughts in the comments 🫶

04/05/2024

Do we need to take supplements daily??

What if you eat a wholesome, nutrient-rich diet??

The answer is … YES 🙌🏻 💊 💊

Reasons why we are nutrient depleted:

🗝️ We evolved eating wild foods that contained dramatically higher levels of all vitamins, minerals, and essential fats.

🗝️ Because of depleted soils, industrial farming, and hybridization techniques, the animals and vegetables we eat have fewer nutrients.

🗝️ Processed factory-made foods have no nutrients.
The total burden of environmental toxins, lack of sunlight, and chronic stress leads to higher nutrient needs.

☎️ At Flourish, I offer personalized recommendations for nutraceuticals (vitamins) and herbal medicine to help you thrive! My recommendations are created based on your conditions, symptoms, family history, and testing with LabCorp or Specialty Labs. The NutraEval is a comprehensive nutrition evaluation & has been life-changing for my clients (and myself)!!

04/02/2024

Simple Salad Recipe 🥗🍗

* Greens
* Colorful Veggies
* Rotisserie Chicken from Whole Foods

Avocado 🥑 Dressing from “Love & Lemons” 🍋
1 ripe avocado, pitted
¾ cup water
¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon fresh dill
½ garlic clove
½ teaspoon sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper

03/25/2024

Y’all … I feel truly honored to be featured in an exhibit on the history of Midwifery in Hillsborough🤰🏼starting 03/28/24 💫 Check it out!

Sending love to ALL my midwifery sisters in Hillsborough for there are quite a few of us making history 💜

“A midwife must possess the hand of a lady, the eyes of a hawk and the heart of a lion.” Aristotle

03/22/2024

Whenever your life gets off course, you can always come back to your gut, to your center, and your innate wisdom. I find it magical that health & intuition arise from the same place 💫

03/01/2024

Hey y’all 👋🏼
Wanted to make you aware I have a waitlist for new clients ✌️

01/16/2024

Fueling your body begins with a hearty, protein-rich breakfast 🍳 What’s on your plate 🍽️? Did you know high-quality eggs only have ~6-7g of protein? This is quite l.o.w. Consider a side of meat, fish, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, or protein powder.

01/16/2024

So lovely to reconnect w/ a fellow midwife sister today 💫 It warms my heart witness more midwifery options in North Carolina. Checkout

01/14/2024

Dinner Tonight 🍽️ 🥕 🥬 🍗
A dear friend recommended this Roasted Veggie Glow Bowl by Dishing Out Health … Yummy 😋
I marinated chicken breast in lemon juice & avocado oil & grilled to add protein 😋

❤️

11/03/2023

Oura Ring 💍 + Natural Cycles

If you’re interested in a device to support natural family planning, you might want to checkout the Oura Ring. It monitors your temperature & syncs with the Natural Cycles APP for simple fertility charting. It can also be purchased w/ HSA/FSA 🙌🏻

The Oura Ring also monitors sleep and heart rate variability. These two metics are really helpful for folks who work night shift or are struggling w/ chronic stress so you can purposefully balance activity & rest > FLOURISH ✨

09/15/2023

Food is Medicine

🗝️ Wild-caught Cod w/ Pesto
🗝️ Sautéed Kale 🥬
🗝️ Sweet Potato

08/29/2023

Midwife BURNOUT is inevitable. I understand this may be an unpopular opinion. I’m kinda full of unpopular opinions 🙃

Internationally, midwives report a 10%-50% rate of burnout and those practicing in the U.S. are in the upper range. I suspect 50% is even low!! What do y’all think?

The #1 way to modulate burnout is to fuel your body with real food. Meal prep like your life depends on it … because it does!

Tips to Support Midwife Sisters:

🗝️ Meal plan & prep
🗝️ Cook in bulk w/ a friend/partner (I’m always game!)
🗝️ Freeze meals
🗝️ Prioritize cooked/warm foods while in clinic or on-call as they are more easily digested
🗝️ Pack healthy emergency snacks to eat on the go
🗝️ Buy a “hot logic mini” for re-heating foods
🗝️ Invest in glass meal prep containers to use in the hot logic

08/29/2023

Homemade Raw Milk Yogurt 🐄😋

Lacto-fermented foods are essential for colonizing the gut 🦠 microbiome. Other ferments include sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi, yogurt, & kefir.

When our gut microbes are out of balance - that is termed dysbiosis. Dysbiosis can also give rise to bacterial or yeast overgrowth.

Symptoms of gut imbalance (dysbiosis) can include constipation, diarrhea, gas/bloating, heartburn, abdominal pain, & cramping.

You might be SURPRISED to learn that acne, anxiety, brain fog, depression, eczema, period problems, & migraine headaches are also symptoms of gut dysbiosis occurring elsewhere in the body.

08/28/2023

The average woman has 450 menstrual periods in a lifetime🩸

Harmful chemicals have been found in menstrual care products like polyfluoroalkyl substances. PFAS can cause numerous health concerns including weakened immunity, low birth weight, endocrine disruption, increased cholesterol levels, and weight gain.

Safe options:
🩸Lena cup, Diva cup, Flex disc, Saalt cup
🩸Top, Seventh generation, Cora, Emerita, Natracare, Organyc
🩸Glad Rags

07/12/2023

Yummy 😋

06/03/2023

Asheville L.O.v.E. 💕
Medicines from the Earth 🌿🍄
My heart is in the ⛰️⛰️

05/14/2023

Beautiful ✨

04/25/2023

This is not a complete list but some of the most common root causes of anxiety & depression that I see at Flourish.

🗝️ Discovery Call ☎️
🗝️ Ditch Fast Food, Processed Food, Sugar
🗝️ Balanced Meals
🗝️ Take a Hike 🥾☀️
🗝️ Reduce the ToDo List!!
🗝️ Limit Screen Time📱 📺 💻
🗝️ Prioritize Sleep (7-9 hr)
🗝️ Invest in Therapy
🗝️ Multivitamin
🗝️ B-Complex
🗝️ Magnesium (~600 mg) at bedtime
🗝️ Fish Oil (1,000-2,000 mg)

✨ Mood Boost Recipe:
Lemon 15 drops EO
Grapefruit 5 drops EO
Geranium 3 drops EO
Vetiver 1 drop EO

*15ish drops blended in 1 oz almond oil for massage OR add to bath, diffuser

04/22/2023

On Wednesday afternoon, I developed swollen & painful lymph nodes in my neck, a fever, fatigue, body aches, & chills.

I took Suki’s “Cold & Flu Shoo” and Elderberry. Lots of R&R, tea, soup, bath, sauna. I felt much improved by Fri and 💯 today.

Herbal Medicine is powerful 🌿

04/22/2023

Cleaning 🧹 Spray

1/2 cup white vinegar $4.69 Costco
1/2 cup water
12 to 24 drops essential oil
Glass Amber Spray Bottle $12.99 for two on Amazon

04/22/2023

Hungry woman’s brunch 😋

03/14/2023

Beef is highly nutritious for menstruating & fit women. Arugula, sweet potato, beetiful curtido.

03/09/2023

Post-call outdoor audiobook & sleep 😴💚

02/26/2023

Awakening. Trust your instincts. Sense the pull of destiny. Adventure awaits.

02/25/2023

Happy birthday to ME!
🫐🍎GF Blueberry Apple Crisp w/ Coconut 🥥 Cream

02/24/2023

Refueling w/ my helpmate 🐈

02/22/2023

THIS is the most common feedback I receive from clients. “She was so calm” 💜

02/20/2023

Good Morning ✨ I wanted to share a brief intro for new followers.

My name’s Jewell. I’m a Midwife, Herbalist, & Integrative/Functional Medicine Practitioner in NC.

I am intuitive by nature and capable of seeing things others may not. I have a gift of recognizing the goodness in everyone I meet. I am here to “midwife” and “guide” women through the transitions of life beyond childbirth.

Although I provide full spectrum holistic women’s healthcare, my current & evolving focus is on healing the mind … starting below the neck.

02/19/2023

My heart could use some self-soothing today. What are 3 simple & portable ways you support your midwife-life?

🗝️ Breathing. The breath is a reminder of being alive. Inhale slowly through your nose to the count of 4 (belly breath), imagine warm air flowing all over your body. Hold to a count of 7. Exhale slowly through the mouth for a count of 8.

🗝️ Handmade herbal pillow to be warmed up w/ “Woodpecker Apothecary” label I love.

🗝️ Hot Tulsi Rose Tea. Holy Basil (ocimum tenuiflorum) has long been used in Ayurveda to lift the spirits and clear the mind.

Address

Hillsborough, NC

Telephone

+19192755927

Website

https://www.flourishwithjewell.com/

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