Conventional wisdom would tell you that I’m “destined” for cancer. I’m my mother’s daughter - I look like her, we share the same blood type, I suffered from many of the same ailments as she did, I mean, half my genes came from mom! And yet, with some key shifts, so far I’ve been able to overcome a lot of the things that I thought would plague me for the rest of my life.

When a client tells me there is nothing we can do about their poor cholesterol/ weight/allergies/skin disorder/autoimmune disease/{insert challenge here} because it “runs in the family,” I honestly get pumped because it’s a chance to show them how shifting some key things in their life can lead to changes previously thought impossible.

So let’s take a look at some ways our genes are impacted and what we can do about it.

I’ve been talking to quite a few clients lately about how to decipher what’s actually good for your body and health. It can sometimes feel like your body’s giving you mixed messages or that you intellectually know something but have cravings and urges that tell you otherwise. Signs and symptoms after eating or using a product, like fatigue, bloating, acne breakout or digestive issues, tell us immediately that there’s something not right. But what if you don’t have anything obvious to tell you – i.e. instead of your body “screaming” at you, maybe it’s “whispering” ever so softly.

Wouldn’t it be nice if we all had an inner Siri that just tells us what to eat and do when we punch in some coordinates of where we’re at in life at that moment?

Good news folks... we do.

You know what I’m talking about... that quiet, wise, sometimes nagging, but always loving voice inside that tells us things like what’s right from wrong, which opportunities to take and when to leave a relationship.

Sometimes it’s not a voice, but rather a feeling, a sensation, a knowing.