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July 31, 2025

Spent $10,000+ on Healing Without Results? 5 Steps to Take Next

You’ve changed your diet.
Swallowed the supplements.
Seen the doctors.
Followed the protocols.

And STILL... you’re bloated. Exhausted. Foggy. Inflamed.
You’ve spent $10,000 (or more!) chasing healing. And it’s just not working.

If that’s you — you’re not crazy.
You’re not broken.
But you might be missing one key piece: trust.

Not trust as a woo-woo mindset hack.
Trust as a biological, nervous-system-level need to heal.

And it’s something toxic mold, chronic illness, and failed protocols destroy.

Let’s talk about it. 👇

When You’ve Tried Everything — and It Still Doesn’t Work

I can’t count how many clients come to me saying the same thing:

“I’ve already spent thousands trying to heal — and nothing worked.”

And they’re not wrong.

They have tried. They’ve done:

  • Candida protocols
  • SIBO antibiotics
  • Acid reflux meds
  • Elimination diets
  • GUT health supplements
  • Detoxes

…only to still be stuck with symptoms like:

  • Brain fog
  • Chronic fatigue
  • Candida overgrowth
  • Mold illness symptoms
  • Toxic mold reactions
  • Acid reflux that just won’t quit

And here’s the twist:

It’s not just the symptoms that are exhausting.
It’s the emotional damage left behind by failed healing journeys.

The Most Dangerous Symptom of All: Distrust

Bitterness. Grief. Overwhelm.
They all come with chronic illness.

But the most dangerous symptom?
Distrust.

It sounds like:

  • “I want to trust you, but I don’t.”
  • “I’ve already done this before, and it didn’t work.”
  • “How is this going to be different?”

I get it. I’ve lived it.

I’ve had candida, mold toxicity, SIBO, acid reflux.
I’ve done the testing. Paid the money.
Hoped this time it would work…

And when it didn’t? I didn’t just lose progress.
I lost my ability to trust. To believe healing was even possible.

And that kind of internal shutdown?
It doesn’t just hurt your heart. It wrecks your nervous system.

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Mold Toxins Don’t Just Hurt Your Body — They Hurt Your Trust

Let’s talk about mold.
Because if you’re dealing with:

  • Unexplained food sensitivities
  • Histamine intolerance
  • Bloating that never quits
  • “Normal” labs but you feel awful…

You may be dealing with toxic mold illness.

Here’s what mold and mycotoxins do:

  • They break down your gut lining
  • Kill off good bacteria (hello dysbiosis)
  • Wreck your mitochondria (bye, energy)
  • Overload your detox pathways
  • And yes — hijack your nervous system

That’s right.
Toxic mold doesn’t just cause chronic fatigue or acid reflux.
It erodes your very ability to feel safe in your body — or with anyone else.

Which is why healing from mold exposure symptoms isn’t just physical.
It’s emotional. Spiritual. Relational.
And it requires rebuilding something the toxins destroyed: TRUST.

When You’re Sick and Don’t Know Who to Trust

Trust is hard enough when your body’s working.

But when your gut’s inflamed, your brain’s foggy, and your body’s screaming from mold illness symptoms —
You’re in survival mode.

You can’t think clearly. You can’t decide.
And every failed protocol just reinforces:

“Nothing works. Nobody gets it. I’m on my own.”

But here’s the truth:

You’re not.

Your body was made to heal — and it wants to.
But healing isn’t a solo project.
You need other people.
You need the right protocol — one that addresses the root cause.
And you need to find someone you can trust again.

Even if part of you is whispering:

“I want to trust you, but I don’t.”

What If You’ve Been Treating the Wrong Problem?

Mold toxicity doesn’t show up on basic blood work.
Mycotoxins aren’t something your PCP is trained to test.

So most people treat symptoms instead:

  • Proton pump inhibitors for acid reflux
  • Probiotics for candida
  • Low-FODMAP diets for SIBO
  • Iron pills for fatigue
  • Antidepressants for brain fog

And none of it works — because you’re not targeting the root cause.

Here’s a hard truth:

If you’ve spent $10,000 on healing and you’re still sick…
You’re probably treating the wrong thing.

And I say that with love.

Because once you address mold, gut health, and nervous system regulation together —
Things start to change.

My Personal Story with Mold, Money, and Healing Gone Wrong

I’ve walked this road myself.

I’ve had the candida. The SIBO. The acid reflux.
I’ve chased protocol after protocol.

I’ve sat with the grief of spending $5K, then $10K, and still not having answers.
I’ve felt the shame of thinking it was my fault — that I was broken.

And then I found the mold.

It was in my home. In my body. In my brain.
And no one had told me to look there.

Once I did?

I stopped spinning in circles.
I stopped trying random gut health diets.
I finally started healing.

That’s when everything changed.

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Why Gut Health Alone Isn’t Enough

I love gut health. It’s my jam.
But gut health alone won’t heal toxic mold illness.

Because if you’re still being exposed to mold?
Your gut will never heal.

If mycotoxins are still flooding your system?
You’ll keep getting candida overgrowth.
You’ll keep reacting to everything you eat.
You’ll keep waking up tired.

Mold toxins sabotage the whole system:

  • Your digestion
  • Your detox
  • Your brain
  • Your hormones
  • Your ability to trust others and your own body

This is why your $10,000 protocol didn’t work.
Not because you didn’t try hard enough.
But because you weren’t treating the real problem.

Rebuilding Trust When You Feel Burned

If you feel like healing has failed you — I get it.
If you’re sitting with distrust — it makes sense.

But I also want to tell you this:

You’re allowed to start over.
You’re allowed to rebuild trust, slowly.
And there are people who will hold your hand through it.

One book that helped me in this?
Lysa TerKeurst’s book on trust.

She writes about the long, slow, sacred work of rebuilding belief.
In yourself. In others. In God.

And for me? That work began when I got real about what I was actually fighting:
Not just gut issues, but mold.
Not just symptoms, but mycotoxins.
Not just fatigue, but nervous system dysregulation.

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Want Real Healing? Start Here

If this post hit home, here’s what I want you to do next:

👉 Step 1: Stop blaming yourself. You didn’t fail.
👉 Step 2: Get curious about mold. Has anyone ever tested you for mycotoxins?
👉 Step 3: Download my Free Root Cause Trainingclick here to watch

In this free video, I’ll walk you through:

  • How to know if mold is affecting you
  • Why your gut health protocol didn’t work
  • What labs actually help (and which ones are a waste)
  • How to rebuild trust in your body and your providers again

No more wasted effort.
No more chasing symptoms.
Let’s stop spinning — and start healing.

You Deserve More Than Band-Aids

The truth is: mold illness is real.
Toxic mold symptoms are devastating.
And trying to fix it with generic gut health advice is like putting duct tape on a broken engine.

You deserve better.
A real protocol. A real plan. A real shot at healing.

So if you’re tired of wasting time, money, and hope…

Let this be your turning point.

Let’s rebuild trust.
Let’s find the real root cause.
Let’s get you back to the life you deserve.

Ready to stop wasting time and finally get answers?
👉 Watch the Free Root Cause Training Now

Because you don’t need another protocol.
You need a plan that works.

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