25/06/2025
A number of years ago I read an amazing book called, "The Healthy Deviant" by Pilar Girassimo. Pilar makes the case that what passes as "normal" health is not in any way, shape or form "normal" or "healthy" or what any of us really want to enjoy.
And that to enjoy true health, energy and vitality, you have to be willing to be a " healthy deviant" by living, eating, breathing, thinking and being in ways that are NOT "normal" at all by today's societal standards.
It's one of those books I return to regularly because the statistics she presented were so shocking ... and they have only continued to get worse.
▶️An estimated 50 million Americans have at least one autoimmune disease and this number is steadily rising. 80% of those are women.
▶️Having one autoimmune disease puts you at 3x greater risk of acquiring a 2nd, 3rd and 4th autoimmune diagnosis, if you do nothing but treat the symptoms with pharmaceuticals.
▶️Over 30 million Americans have hypothyroidism, most are women.
▶️80-90% of hypothyroidism is autoimmune, but most women aren't told this.
▶️70% of American adults are taking at least one prescription drug. For adults over 60, the average number is five prescriptions. These drugs have never been safety tested for use in combination. All pharmaceuticals have risks and side effects and can interact in ways that negatively effect both the body and the mind. And then often another pharmaceutical is prescribed to address the side effects of the others.
▶️One in two men and one in three women alive today will have cancer in their lifetime. This number is also rising, with "turbo cancers" being the latest scary thing and an ever increasing and shocking number of people getting cancer younger and younger.
▶️80% of American adults report that they are mentally or emotionally "not flourishing".
▶️18% of American woman are on an anti-depressant. 12% of young women age 18-25 are on an anti-depressant. In my experience most (not all, but most) of these are unnecessary and these medications actually cause harm when used long term. But anti-depressants and "the pill" are handed out like candy when physicians don't know how, or are unwilling to take the time, to help women address their food & lifestyle choices, sleep, stress, gut health, detoxification pathways, inflammation, thyroid and s*x hormone balance.
▶️One in ten American women regularly use an OTC or Rx sleeping aid. (One recent survey found that number was 74% of women if you include natural supplements like melatonin.)
▶️The vast majority of women struggle through perimenopause with symptoms like weight gain, brain fog, anxiety, hair loss, hot flashes and insomnia and we're told this is "normal". It's not!
I'm not ok with any of this.
I'm not willing to accept any of this as "normal" or inevitable.
If you aren't either, join me and an amazing community of women committed to creating a new normal.
It starts with your own personal new normal. And then, as those of us who refuse to accept this embrace the work to create the health and life we choose for ourselves ... we pass this wisdom on to our daughters and other loved ones. And when that happens on a broad scale, we CAN and WILL change this on a larger, societal level.
If this resonates with you, join me in my private Facebook community, Holistic Autoimmune Solutions (see comments).
If you have autoimmunity, hypothyroidism, hormone imbalances or other chronic health struggles and you're ready to address them holistically and get your energy and vitality back, schedule an Initial Wellness Consult with me and we'll get started doing just that. There's a special coupon code for members of my community, so head on over, join the group and grab the code for $100 off your Initial Wellness Consult.
Let's create a new normal together.
A new normal of giving our body what she needs to restore balance, health, inner peace and joy and vibrant energy and vitality.
So much love,
Kristi
