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Are Digestive Issues Keeping You From Eating Away From Home?

3/28/2022

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Now that spring is here and pandemic restrictions are loosening a bit (and perhaps after 2+ years we’re just tired of our own cooking) more people are eating out, getting takeout, or dining with friends. 

But for people with digestive problems, eating away from home can be a THING.

They wonder…
  • How will I react to the food? 
  • Will the menu have anything I can eat on this restrictive diet I’ve put myself on? 
  • I don’t want to make a big deal about asking my friends – or family – to cook something “special” for me.
  • Will I be able to get through the evening without symptoms? (Like pain, “unexpected” bathroom trips, bloating out of my pants, heartburn, etc.).
  • I can kind of manage my symptoms when I cook at home, but who knows what will happen if I eat away from home?
I regularly hear these concerns when I begin working with clients. 

Often, they’ve become scared of eating. Or at least of eating away from home. 

Or they aren’t clear about which foods they’ll react to and which ones they won’t, so they pick this narrow sphere of foods that they know are usually “safe.”

As a result, leaving home to eat doesn’t seem like an option.  And that can become sad and isolating. 

Fortunately, it doesn’t have to be this way.

Imagine what it would be like to…
  • Have the freedom to choose one of several possible selections on a menu. 
  • Feel certain that you can leave your own cooking behind to eat away from home, without unexpected gut symptoms wrecking your plans. 
  • No longer miss out on social engagements or dining with others. 
  • Be fully present with family and friends during meals, without worrying about your gut. 
  • Eat a greater variety of foods, and feel confident that they won’t cause symptoms.
It’s possible. 
HOW is this possible, you might ask? 

Because I do things a little differently.

Instead of…
…restricting foods forever, 
…taking a bunch of supplements that sort of suppress symptoms (but you need to stay on them forever)
…taking meds that don’t really work anyway 
…restricting whole categories of foods forever
We get to the bottom of what’s actually going on inside YOUR gut.

We test instead of guessing. 

We use food therapeutically to guide your body back into balance, so you can expand the number of foods that actually make you FEEL GOOD. 

I offer special techniques to break the gut-stress cycle, which is one overlooked issue that often keeps people stuck.

I look at the big picture of what’s going on with your gut, and make PERSONALIZED recommendations to naturally heal your gut. 

So digestive distress NATURALLY DISAPEARS.

Greater freedom returns.

New possibilities open up – whether it’s eating away from home, taking on that new project, or trying something new that previously felt out of reach because of your gut issues. 

After working with me, clients significantly reduce symptoms such as bloating, pain, food reactions and BM problems, and are often able to naturally and fully heal their guts. 

If you or someone you know has gut issues that are keeping them from eating away from home or doing the things they love, get in touch or book a time to chat. 

P.S. Get in touch if you are tired of dealing with gut symptoms that are impacting your well-being and quality of life. 
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How well is Dr. Google resolving your digestive problems?

3/24/2022

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Ever spent late nights on Google looking for health information? I hear this all the time from people dealing with bloating, pain, food reactions and BM problems.  

They’ve been exhausting themselves by combing through infinite volumes of information, or watching endless reels and videos wondering…
  • Will this diet be the thing that takes away my gut problems? 
  • Will this one supplement change everything? 
  • Can I find the answer by messaging random people in this Facebook group?
  • Maybe if I just stop eating gluten, or sugar, or beans, or whatever, for the rest of my life my gut problems will magically go away?  
  • What is that one silver bullet that will make all my gut problems disappear for good? 
You’ve probably already realized that for most people, there is not one single thing that magically makes gut problems go away for good.  

That the “magic bullet” is really comprised of multiple components, and that your magic bullet is going to look different from everyone else’s.

That’s why “Dr. Google” and influencers who try to convince you that this one thing will change your life forever are often wrong, leaving you feeling disappointed and defeated.

Because we are each unique, all the way down to the body’s biochemistry. That’s why it’s important to work with an expert who can suss out what’s really going to work for you personally. Someone who can test, not guess at the right solution to heal your gut. 

Plus, it can often be a lonely road working with gut issues. It’s not always something brought up at the dinner table! It can be so healing to have the support of a group…to talk freely, get ideas from others, go through it together. Research has proven that people with more social support have better health outcomes. 

That’s why I created the Heal Your Gut Naturally program. It’s combines the support and magic of a group with private, personalized assessments and specific recommendations so you can naturally and fully heal your gut.

Guided by me, who has helped hundreds of people heal their guts over the past 10 years. 

Plus, I use testing to understand what’s going on with your gut. No more guessing or wasting time wondering if the latest “silver bullet” is the thing that’s finally going to work for you. 

I also include specific practices to break the gut-stress cycle, which is often the thing that keeps people stuck in digestive distress. 

How would it feel to…
  • Release the worry about your gut problems? 
  • Relax into feeling fully supported?
  • Know you have the right plan for your body? 
  • Naturally heal your gut?

My clients are able to stop spending late nights on the Internet asking Dr. Google for help. If you’d like to learn more about how you can too, while substantially improving your gut symptoms, drop me a line and I'll send you some details. 
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Tired Of Going From Doctor To Doctor With No Good Answers On How To Resolve Your Gut Issues?

3/8/2022

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 “I am so happy someone referred me to Dawn. I had been navigating from MD to MD trying to figure out how to get treated for something that Dawn understood immediately. She guided me through a plan on diet and supplements that helped my body actually heal from what I literally thought may have been something modern medicine could not handle.”  ~Allen
I can’t believe how many of my clients have been in a similar situation.
 
Visiting doctor after doctor, seeking solutions – and relief – for gut problems like pain, bloating, food reactions and BM irregularities.
 
And often coming up with…not much.
 
Some were given laxatives, or anti-diarrhea or anti-acid medications, meant to be taken for the long haul.
 
Some of my clients were given medications that didn’t really work at all.
 
Some were told to not eat so-called “gassy” foods like broccoli, cauliflower, beans, lentils and more…and to do that forever.
 
Some were told it was all in their heads.
 
Some were outright dismissed.
 
(This doesn’t mean that western docs can’t help, and many of them truly do).
 
But a large number of my clients were told that they’d just have to try to “manage” this forever. Or worse yet, “just live with it.”
 
So they kept avoiding social gatherings, dinners out, walks in nature, long trips in the car, and events they wanted to go to…because they felt unwell and uncomfortable, and didn’t know whether their guts would act up. 
 
They were discouraged. They lost hope.
 
But some little part of them just KNEW that there was another solution. Perhaps even a way that they could fully and naturally RESOLVE their gut issues, instead of attempting to just “manage” or “live with” them.
 
So they kept searching. And eventually they found their way to me.
 
Sometimes after years. Sometimes after decades.
 
It’s such a bummer that people had to suffer that long, but the good news is that once we started working together, most people were naturally able to resolve their gut issues.
 
How did this happen when previously they had been told to “just live with it?
Because my approach is different.
The lens I use in working with people is to HEAL their gut issues, rather than simply “managing” them. It’s a different paradigm.
  • I get to the root causes of your gut issues, by specifically identifying the ways in which your body is out of balance.
  • I do a thorough review of your symptoms, your food intake, and your life influencers to determine why the symptoms are showing up.
  • I run different labs than might have already been run. I read the labs you already have differently.
  • I specifically address the gut-stress cycle, which can keep a lot of people stuck, despite doing “all the things.”
  • I don’t require you to give up all your favorite foods forever.
And you know what? Working together, we can RESOLVE gut issues. Symptoms naturally DISAPPEAR.
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It’s wonderful to witness people restoring health, and opening up new possibilities for their lives.
 
No more restrictive diets.
 
No more saying no to things they wanted to do because they were worried their guts would act up.
 
And the energy suck from worrying about their health? Gone.
 
Now, they can really “go for” things they want in life.
 
Like my clients who started businesses.
Or got promotions at work.
Or got engaged.
Or ran that marathon.
Or got pregnant.
Or took that trip they’d always wanted to take. Heck, now they can even take that longer car or public-transit ride they’d previously said no to.
 
They go out to dinner.
They don’t say no to social engagements.
They engage in more activities that bring them joy.
They are more present with their loved ones.
They have so much more freedom.
 
My gut-healing solutions are thorough. And holistic. And they’re also personalized to you. So you can actually heal your gut. And ultimately, go for the things that matter most to you, without worrying about your health getting in the way.
 
Now, I’m not the Gut God or anything. While I do have a lot of experience helping people to heal their digestive issues, my programs also invite you to open up more fully to trusting yourself and your intuition. Ultimately, you are the expert on you, and we work collaboratively as a team. 
 
Helping people to heal their guts -- rather than just settling for poor symptom-management -- is one of the things I do every day with people who have been searching and not finding solutions that work. It’s also the big focus in my Heal Your Gut Naturally program, which begins later this month.
 
If you (or someone you know) is interested in learning more, email me or book a time to chat so we can mutually see if it’s a good fit.
 
In health,
Dawn

P.S. We’re currently enrolling for the Heal Your Gut Naturally program, which begins this month. Get in touch if you’re curious whether it might be a fit for you.
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    Dawn Preisendorf, 
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