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Health Habit, Willows, CA (2026)

02/21/2026

One of my favorite tools is the DUTCH test.

It’s a simple at-home urine test that shows how your hormones are being made and how they’re being cleared out.

And clearance matters.

Your body doesn’t just make estrogen.
It has to package it up and move it out through the liver and bile.
If that doesn’t happen well, certain estrogen forms can build up.

Some of those forms are inflammatory and stimulate thyroid tissue to overgrow.

And we have seen them show up in every nodule case we’ve worked with.

When we lower and properly clear those estrogens:
• Thyroid tissue calms down
• Hormones stabilize
• Nodules often shrink

And right now, in February, we’re including this test for free when you join the program. ($600 value)

If you’re ready to stop guessing and start calming your thyroid with a personalized plan, click here for your next step: https://www.thyroidfasttrack.com/apply

Let’s ditch the nodules the right way!

02/20/2026

I’ve been thinking a lot about this concept in the past five months since my husband died.

We had a unique gift of grieving together as a family while he was still alive. For a full year, we knew his time was limited and that allowed us to talk about the future we would create when he was physically gone. He taught our son daily about his faith in Jesus Christ, and complete trust in God’s plan for our family. In his final weeks, he told family and friends that his physical decline was not what we wanted, but God’s plan is bigger and better.

He showed us that ultimate peace comes from believing that God’s plan is perfect.

Even when it’s not what we want.

In the past, I have mistakenly said that death is part of God’s plan as a means of comforting others. I’ve realized since Willie’s death that this statement isn’t correct, and really isn’t comforting at all. It makes it seem like God plans to intentionally separate us from our loved ones.

While it’s true that death is part of living in a fallen world, God‘s plan doesn’t focus on that. His plan provided a Savior so death doesn’t end the story.

His plan makes certain that when things don’t end the way we want, nothing will be lost.

There is no Plan B.

Willie has continued to bless and encourage us with his faith and example. He is alive through our son and the influence he continues to have as my angel coparent. While, we certainly feel the loss of him being physically gone, he’s not lost.

We know where to find him.❤️

02/19/2026

Click the link below to learn how to stabilize your TSH naturally. 💧⤵️
https://thyroidbymissy.com/water

02/17/2026

I see this pattern frequently with my clients.
Their morning cortisol is high and it's blamed on “stress.”

But that misses the most important part of the story!

Most practitioners don't realize that cortisol (your stress hormone) is cleared through the same liver pathways as estrogen and thyroid hormones.

Think of your liver like a highway.
If cortisol is not exiting through the liver, then traffic is heavy in the morning and hormones get stuck in bumper to bumper rage.

When hormones get stuck:
• Estrogen doesn’t break down well
• Spotting and heavy cycles can show up
• Thyroid hormones don’t convert smoothly and labs get wonky
• Reverse T3 rises
• Vitamin D levels plummet
• You feel wired and tired at the same time

All of this means the liver is overwhelmed.

And it's when women come to me in frustration because they are doing everything right, but not getting better.

This isn’t about forcing detox or taking supplements to lower cortisol.

It’s about improving flow.
Better bile movement.
Better hormone clearance.
Better thyroid conversion.

When we support the exit pathways, cortisol calms down naturally.
Estrogen clears, and thyroid hormones finally work the way they should.

If you want to see how we help women balance these levels naturally, without extreme protocols,

Click here I’ll show you the next steps: https://www.thyroidfasttrack.com/apply

02/16/2026

Most thyroid approaches focus on adding in hormones, removing gluten, raising the dose, or taking mega doses of iodine.

Very few start by looking at water.
And that’s a problem.

This in an image from a client's municipal water report with a compound measuring 600x higher than recommended safety limits. One that is documented in research to have thyroid-disrupting potential.

“Safe” by city standards doesn’t always mean supportive for a sensitive thyroid.

Sneaky environmental compounds can irritate thyroid tissue and increase inflammatory stress which is so frustrating when you're staying hydrated and doing everything right!

But that's not the whole problem.

Your liver is the regulator of thyroid hormones.
It converts, packages, and clears them.

When it’s busy processing chlorine byproducts, metals, and chemical residues from tap water, it has less capacity to efficiently manage hormone conversion and clearance.

Then sneaky problems arise:

Absorption becomes inconsistent.
Liver flow slows.
Hormones don’t circulate smoothly.
And you feel worse.

This is why hydration isn’t just about ounces.
It’s about source + structure.

In my new training, I show you:
• The exact hydration formula I use with private clients
• How to choose a thyroid-protective water filter
• What fridge, tap, and pitcher filters miss
• When and how much to drink to support stable labs

If your TSH won’t stabilize, this is the first thing I fix.

Click here to learn more: https://thyroidbymissy.com/water

02/14/2026

Her TSH was 4.96.

She was exhausted.
Bloated.
And ready to increase her Synthroid dose.

I asked he to change one simple water habit.
Not how much she drank.
But when she drank it.

Within 2 weeks her constipation eased, energy returned, and within 8 weeks her TSH had dropped to 1.85.

Same prescription.
Different structure.

Most practitioners focus on the medication.
Very few look at how that medication absorbs.

If water timing is off, absorption and utilization can be inconsistent.
And that shows up as increasing symptoms and unpredictable labs.

Before raising your dose, fix the foundation.

If your TSH feels stuck, this is the first thing I look at.

Click here to discover the framework I use with my private clients: https://thyroidbymissy.com/water

02/13/2026

I wish I would have known this earlier in my 28 year battled with Hashimoto's:

Stable thyroid labs don't start with finding the "right dose" or the "right supplement."

It starts with hydration.

If your labs won’t settle…
If your medication feels inconsistent…
If your energy crashes mid-day…

Then your body is screaming for a foundational fix that might be easier than you think.

I just created a focused training that walks you through the exact hydration structure I use with clients to support stable labs and predictable energy.

No new supplements.
No complicated protocol.
Just one structured daily habit, done correctly.

Click here to check it out: https://thyroidbymissy.com/water

02/10/2026

I need to share something I used to do that still makes me cringe a little...

For years 28 years I chased solutions for my Hashimoto's disease.
I saw naturopaths. Functional medicine doctors. Specialists of all kinds.

Every appointment ended with a new supplement that I hoped would be the golden ticket.

At one point, I was taking so many that I joked it would make more sense to just buy a supplement store....

So I did!

For 12 years my husband and I ran a nutrition shop where I got all of my supplements at wholesale.

And yet…
My symptoms were getting worse.
My thyroid labs were unstable.
My dose kept changing.

And I was more exhausted than ever.

Then, when I was pursuing my master’s degree in nutrition, I learned something no one had ever clearly explained to me before:

Thyroid hormones don’t just get made and used in the cells. They have to be cleared out of the body.

They move through the liver, bile, and gut and exit as p**p once they’ve done their job.

And guess what also has to move through the liver?
👉 Supplements.
👉 Herbs.
👉 Vitamins

It turned out that some of the very things I was taking to “help” my thyroid were actually bogging down hormone clearance, causing old thyroid hormones to recycle, congesting the system, and blocking my cells from properly receiving the hormones they needed.

So my thyroid wasn’t the problem.
It was backed up.

When I finally stopped piling things on and instead focused on exactly what my body needed, everything changed.

I went from dozens of supplements to just four targeted supports.
They helped my liver clear used hormones, improved bile flow, and allowed my thyroid signals to land where they were supposed to.

My labs stabilized.
My symptoms calmed.
And after 28 years on thyroid medication, I no longer needed it.

Not because I “did more.”
But because I finally did less, on purpose.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing all the things and still not getting better, this might be the missing piece.

🎥 Watch my Thyroid Clarity Class (linked in my bio) to understand how thyroid hormones actually move, clear, and communicate and how simplifying can be the thing that finally brings relief.

02/03/2026

I'm sincerely curious,
Has your doctor ever asked you about your p**p?

Because mine never did!

I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s at 8 years old and spent my childhood and teens in doctor’s offices. They constantly raised and adjusted my thyroid meds while my weight and the symptoms continued to rise.

And yet, not one single person ever asked me how often I went to the bathroom.

Not once. And I was only p**ping once a week!

I was almost a decade into taking meds when a typical teenager convo left me completely baffled.

💩 I learned “Normal” people p**p daily.

WHAT?!

Most women are never asked about bowel movements unless they’re sent to a GI doctor for severe issues. Otherwise, the p**p conversation quietly disappears.

That’s wild to me because p**p is how hormones leave the body, and my constipation was a huge reason I relied on meds for 28 years.

If hormones get made (or taken as medication) but never fully exit, they don’t magically disappear.

They recirculate.
They create hormone communication chaos.
They keep creating symptoms.

This was the core problem for me and many of my clients and why my approach is different.

I don’t just ask:
• What are your hormone levels?
• What medication are you on?

I ask:
• How often do you p**p?
• What color is it? (Tells us if bile if flowing!)
• What texture is it? (Helps us understand liver drainage)
• Are your exit pathways open?

Because healing didn’t start for me when I added more hormones.

It started when I learned how to help them leave.

And yes, that conversation always starts with p**p 💩😉

If no one has ever asked you about yours, this might be the missing piece you’ve been looking for. Check out my Thyroid Clarity Class that is linked in my bio to learn more, or send me a DM.

01/28/2026

Every time I talk about hormones leaving the body through p**p, my DMs light up.

Often from highly educated women who have been in the hormone-solving world for a long time and are surprised they have never heard this before.

And I don't blame them. I was there too!

I chased hormone solutions for 28 years before I asked myself a simple question that changed everything:

What happens to hormones after they have been used inside the cells?

After all of my research and education, I had never been taught the answer.

Not with a Master’s degree in nutrition.
Not after 20 plus years in the health field.

I honestly assumed hormones just disappeared once they were done doing their job in the cells and tissues.

They do not.

Used up thyroid hormones have to exit the body through the liver, into bile, and out through the gut. If that exit does not happen well, hormones can recirculate. Over and over. And symptoms follow.

It was not until I focused on how hormones leave my body, not how many I added in, that I ended 28 years of Hashimoto’s chaos.

If you have never heard this before, please do not feel behind.
This is not something that is commonly assessed, even in functional health settings.

The standard thyroid conversation usually starts with asking what hormones to add, and what dosage to start with. It focuses on adding more.

More hormones. More meds. More supplements.

My work starts with a different question,
What is actually leaving?

Because hormone health is not just about production.
It is about exit strategy.

And sometimes the most healing thing you can do
is make sure things are finally allowed to go.

If this is ringing true for you and you want to learn more, watch my free Thyroid Clarity class that is linked in my bio, then follow the link on the page to book a call with team and take your next step.

01/26/2026

I keep seeing posts in my feed saying that thyroid problems are a cellular issue. While it's true that every cell in the body has a thyroid receptor, this idea skips a lot of important steps that must happen first.

A key point that most people miss is that your cells can’t make energy from thyroid hormone until the liver activates it.

The thyroid gland mostly produces T4 hormones.
Your cells actually run on T3.

And the liver is one of the main places where T4 gets converted into usable T3.

So if liver flow is sluggish, energy stalls, even if your thyroid labs look “normal.”

This is why so many women:
• take thyroid support
• eat well
• supplement for mitochondria
• and still feel flat or tired

It’s not that the cell can’t make energy.
It’s that the hormone never arrived in usable form.

Thyroid hormone has to be:
Produced in the gland (or absorbed in the gut from replacement meds) → converted into the active form in the liver→ released into blood stream→ received by cells

Cell energy doesn’t start at the cell.
It starts with conversion and flow.

And here's the kicker: the most commonly prescribed thyroid medications are Levothyroxine or Synthroid which are T4 hormones. Meaning, they must be converted in the liver before the cells can ever use them. That's the step where most women are broken and why meds never improve symptoms. It's not a cell issue!

When liver function is supported, thyroid hormone becomes usable and energy comes back online the way it’s supposed to.

You can learn more by watching my Thyroid Clarity Class in my bio or send me a DM.

01/24/2026

It’s been 4 months since my husband died, and the emotions that have surprised me most are joy and deep pride.

I wasn’t prepared for that. I expected devastation, anger, or sobbing alone in a dark room like the movies portray. That hasn’t been my experience.

In my husband’s final moments, I watched him see Jesus, and that has been the source of my peace.

For 13 years, Willie fought Leukemia with every ounce of mental, emotional, and physical strength he had. And that was a lot. He was stronger than anyone I’ve ever met, and I mean that literally.

When we met, he was getting into competitive weightlifting. He could bench over 300 pounds and had a goal of 500. I could barely lift the bar, so his strength was baffling and mesmerizing to me.

What stood out most wasn’t just what he lifted, but how he lived. He never counted macros or protein grams. He trained steadily while building our marriage and business, and made extraordinary strength look effortless. When he began lifting 400, then 500 pounds, I almost missed the majesty of it because he made it look easy.

In 2012, he set a California a state and personal record with a 543.3-pound bench press. Thirty days later, a tooth infection led to weakness, falls, and a diagnosis of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Our lives changed instantly. We were rushed to Stanford for aggressive chemotherapy in a race to save his life.

His strength continued for 13 years with a bone marrow transplant, relapse, years of chemo and radiation. In the end, his body grew tired. He lost the use of his hands, then his ability to walk.

And still, he made it look easy.

So when he died, I wasn’t surprised by how he did it. We had shifted our focus from physical victories to spiritual promises. Our family was fixed on Jesus, with every breath moving toward Him.

Including his last.

He finished his heaviest bench press. He left cancer behind and stepped into peace with Jesus. I can’t be sad about that.

We miss him more than words can explain. But the pride is real and it isn’t fading. He won, and is still winning, as our family keeps walking together toward Jesus, until we meet again.

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