I selfishly wish all of us here from the Truth Barrier or MCM could congregate for a month or 2 and learn life lessons from each other. Can you imagine the life lessons, courage, game planning and conviction we would leave with collectively. God bless - I'm going to take the opportunity to try some of your healing ideas. I recently stopped an anti depressant cold turkey - easier said than done, feel stuck over my younger daughter who seems to simply not care or love me anymore and several other woe is me bs issues we all have - but feeling extra sensitive today lol ... - your article came at the right time ..
Mark, I'm sorry. This is happening a lot, to so many millions of parents. They have done this to us. It's decades of social engineering, to make kids resent their parents. I have no easy answers except to keep your heart warm and pray. In my experience, this can bring a miracle. Anti-depressants are not supposed to be quit cold turkey but it sounds like you are ok, thank heavens. I believe there is abundant "anecdotal" evidence as well as scientific, that fats and meat cure depression. It sounds crazy but it's true. If you look up carnivore stories on social media you will see. It worked for Jordan Peterson. He eats only rib eye steaks, salt and water, and he healed 100% from his life long crippling depression. Why we are not shouting this good news from the rooftops I do not know. I will keep you and your daughter in my prayers.
Agree, “i just love you, Celia” was the thing i felt and wanted to convey after reading this. have used many of your healing ideas and agree, they help! Most of all, i think, is being grateful for so much that is before us all. Thanking God for everything. Take care, Celia, and thank you for sharing you.
A loved one stopped antidepressants cold turkey a couple years ago. It was really hard on them. Sharp pains shooting from hands, arms, legs out of nowhere, electrical impulses firing off at random inside, a whole lot of discomfort physically, along with the mental high and low mood swings. Professionals do advise people to wean off, not quit cold turkey for that reason.
All told it took about eight months for things to begin to settle down inside, a few months longer to completely go away. All I could do was be a strong support system, tell them it would be worth it, remind them that it would get better once they got through the withdrawals.
And with God's blessing they made it through okay. And is incredibly thankful to be off them. Moderating mood and condition with diet, sunshine and exercise. God makes much better, safer and more effective drugs than man.
Thank you for your comment, Mark, and for sharing .... I had some difficulty coming off antidepressants and had to go back on. Now I am using a taper program to wean off and am having success with it. It's called Point of Return (pointofreturn.com). Perhaps you might check them out if the cold turkey route becomes too difficult.
Funny, I learned about them myself from a comment on substack .... God bless and keep you!🙏
Thank you and I wish you the best Lily of the Valley - I'm doing okay, I'm trying to fix a few things about the way I think, some vices, what I eat and I want to be real and present and I'm going to get there - with you too :)
Each day one of the first things I do is to read your column. You know how much I love your writing but your piece today really spoke to me. For the millionth time, thank you so much for all you are doing! You are definitely not burying your talents in the sand. God bless you!
One of the more eclectic wandering reads I ever finished...I imagine it as I imagine someone with would experience a few moments wandering inside my eclectic and wandering mind. Interesting, thank you for sharing!
I'm trying to decipher some of the acronyms used because, gatekeepers, and I'd like to buy a vowel! Or two. Or three. Can you help with the CD and Turp thing? I pretty sure you don't have prostate issues like searching "Turp" is the only return. But I might be wrong in this genderless era of birthing persons?
I've been to the Nordic nation of Iceland, that has been under Swedish dominion in its history, and found it beautiful, the people lovely - once you pierce their initial outward coolish nature. But I found its culturally prevalent obedience streak mentally constraining, a limitation, a mental regulator, constrictor plate.
This story about a nurse in Iceland who defied the testing mandates highlights that observation. I wonder if the Swedes share the same obedience streak, if it's a Nordic thing as I suspect.
Could terminate work contract of a nurse who denied taking rapid Covid tests
"employees' obedience to the employer's legal order is one of the primary duties of employees"
"an employee must submit to the mastery of his employer"
"work procedures must be obeyed"
"breach of a duty to obey or refusal by the employee to obey a directive"
"employee’s breach of the duty to obey"
"the employee’s refusal to obey is considered a serious failure"
"Obviously, obedience is considered to be an important part of running a business"
"obedience obligations are evidently to be regarded as critical to the operation of the policy"
"The Court finds that the breach of the duty of obedience by the nurse during the time in question constitutes a serious breach of the employment contract"
"The woman was then sentenced to pay the company Klíníkin 1.2 million ISK [$8,500 USD] in legal costs."
It's a beautiful place. I met wonderful people there....but that obedience thing.
I had a similar experience for 5 weeks in Germany. My folks have the German background but I was constantly offending people there because I habitually look for shortcuts. Germans habitually follow the rules that are in place for every situation and are offended by anything else. I like the people and like visiting them but don’t want to live knowing I’m regularly unconsciously giving cause for offense.
Thanks so much for sharing your journey. Our amazingly created bodies can heal then thrive when we remove the toxic stuff and replace with good stuff. I’ve learned so much about this from an exceptional nutritionist and then reading Dr Daniel Amen & Dr Mark Hyman. Welcome to your new (and longer) life
Yes, if we only believed it. That our bodies self heal when given adequate nutrition and chance to detox. I no longer have itchy eyes, congestion—it's all gone. So I have to re-think CIRS and mold. It's such a shock to not be sick anymore, you almost don't know what to do with yourself.
It is great that you’re seeing a truly healthy body is possible. It’s really eating the way our bodies were designed for. Environmental toxins are important to know about and test for. A really competent person doing a Zyto scan can identify toxins and also analyze digestive health. It’s easy & inexpensive. I really think you’d be amazed with Dr Mark Hyman’s book, Young Forever. Concerning CIRS, inflammation is very destructive and (bad) food is a primary cause
Thank you, Ernie, for reading my book. My belief is that every life is in a sense equally interesting but they don't want us to remember or take stock of our lives. They want us to be blobs with no memory or meaning. This is what I fight. I believe in human stories. We need to return to them, not just the stories of the "Gods" and Supermen.
So right, somehow "deeper" thought is discouraged, all geared for "ready for you", "experts already prepared" "we know what's best for you" etc.... so, all that's required is to consume, consume. No need to think and contemplate, to feel outside what's recommended, no time for it, look, you've been looked after... I know, too much sarcasm...
So sad to see us losing our humanity, our very essence. Thank you and God bless you Celia.
I like the name "instant Einsteins" for all those who think a couple of clicks on
Wikipedia and maybe an establishment article or two and they know all they need to know (minus maybe some technical details). There are a lot of them out there.
Love this - thank you for honesty, my favourite of all things. Inspired now to continue memoir writing, healing isn't trite, writing of it is not either. Thank you!
Thank you Dennis. It's my favorite thing too and very under rated. I'm glad you will write your story. There are thousands of comments here over the last 2 years that I would like to publish as mini stories. I just need time.
Thank you, Celia. Beautiful writing and poignant stories. (I really hope you create a childhood memoir.) Such generous sharing on your quest for healing. What magnificence; you are feeling cured! This is so very heartening to hear about. Much love to you, Celia, and what a rich tapestry, your life.
It's a joy to share with you all. I owe my life to people who spoke out candidly about how sick they were and then how they got well. Not everybody did it this way but there was a quality to the carnivore stories that stood out to me. Like these total total transformations.
Every time I find myself circling in on the internet I always find God and meat. Well at least it seems that way. God was a little harder to integrate but I already know the meat diet is a winner for me.
Thank you for sharing everything, especially the bit about the red wine and angry letters. I’ve been experiencing something similar.
It’s time for meat again methinks.
I just got out of hospital with kidney stones. This time I’m going to find a supportive doctor (hopefully)
At least god has a sense of humour; if you look up the meaning of my first name it is “a rocky place”...
I have already lost my gallbladder due to large stones.
Looking forward to more writing. Keep up the health.
Chantelle, the best way to try it is to take a few steps at a time, and within a few weeks, your body ceases to crave carbs and sugar. Also, a reminder, the extra butter is KEY. People lose weight when they eat 1-2 sticks of butter a day. True. Fat is our guardian angel not our enemy. The lies about fat are especially egregious. Wishing you fortitude and healing!
I have loved listening to all of your writing and stories of Lewis, Germ Theory, U.S politics and your health journey.
I did the Carnivore thing a few years back, and I wish I had stuck with it. I spent a bit of time thinking that if I could find myself in good health and a good relationship with god that I could get away with eating and drinking whatever I want; this is likely not the case... Last night I had a glass of wine (why?????) and I woke up in the middle of the night agitated and couldn't stop thinking of your last post about how the wine gets to you. I couldn't believe how agitated I was in the middle of the night, I was not best self.
They do die hard because they offer us comfort and relief from emotional pain but if you can get past the first 3 weeks or so you are in the clear and it becomes easy. Keep us posted. Maybe I should become a health blog?
beautiful. nature is the salve. the book 'sugar blues' changed my life in the 90s after years of pizza and cereal. fast food nation, mad cowboy, omnivores dilemma and wim hoff. i still love good pizza, but homemade from good simple single-source organic ingredients. control everything possible going in. let the rest go.
I had so many chances to "understand" about sugar but I didn't want to. I wanted to think I could have "a little here and there." I am still bargaining in my mind for LICORICE. That's my Achilles heel.
We love you Celia -
I selfishly wish all of us here from the Truth Barrier or MCM could congregate for a month or 2 and learn life lessons from each other. Can you imagine the life lessons, courage, game planning and conviction we would leave with collectively. God bless - I'm going to take the opportunity to try some of your healing ideas. I recently stopped an anti depressant cold turkey - easier said than done, feel stuck over my younger daughter who seems to simply not care or love me anymore and several other woe is me bs issues we all have - but feeling extra sensitive today lol ... - your article came at the right time ..
Mark, I'm sorry. This is happening a lot, to so many millions of parents. They have done this to us. It's decades of social engineering, to make kids resent their parents. I have no easy answers except to keep your heart warm and pray. In my experience, this can bring a miracle. Anti-depressants are not supposed to be quit cold turkey but it sounds like you are ok, thank heavens. I believe there is abundant "anecdotal" evidence as well as scientific, that fats and meat cure depression. It sounds crazy but it's true. If you look up carnivore stories on social media you will see. It worked for Jordan Peterson. He eats only rib eye steaks, salt and water, and he healed 100% from his life long crippling depression. Why we are not shouting this good news from the rooftops I do not know. I will keep you and your daughter in my prayers.
Agree, “i just love you, Celia” was the thing i felt and wanted to convey after reading this. have used many of your healing ideas and agree, they help! Most of all, i think, is being grateful for so much that is before us all. Thanking God for everything. Take care, Celia, and thank you for sharing you.
Thank you Barbara!
A loved one stopped antidepressants cold turkey a couple years ago. It was really hard on them. Sharp pains shooting from hands, arms, legs out of nowhere, electrical impulses firing off at random inside, a whole lot of discomfort physically, along with the mental high and low mood swings. Professionals do advise people to wean off, not quit cold turkey for that reason.
All told it took about eight months for things to begin to settle down inside, a few months longer to completely go away. All I could do was be a strong support system, tell them it would be worth it, remind them that it would get better once they got through the withdrawals.
And with God's blessing they made it through okay. And is incredibly thankful to be off them. Moderating mood and condition with diet, sunshine and exercise. God makes much better, safer and more effective drugs than man.
Thank you for your comment, Mark, and for sharing .... I had some difficulty coming off antidepressants and had to go back on. Now I am using a taper program to wean off and am having success with it. It's called Point of Return (pointofreturn.com). Perhaps you might check them out if the cold turkey route becomes too difficult.
Funny, I learned about them myself from a comment on substack .... God bless and keep you!🙏
Thank you and I wish you the best Lily of the Valley - I'm doing okay, I'm trying to fix a few things about the way I think, some vices, what I eat and I want to be real and present and I'm going to get there - with you too :)
Mark
Yes, nature is the only never-ending and wholly interesting thing. It's God.
"Unlike war, life never ends."
Each day one of the first things I do is to read your column. You know how much I love your writing but your piece today really spoke to me. For the millionth time, thank you so much for all you are doing! You are definitely not burying your talents in the sand. God bless you!
Thank you for calling it a column Dale. And thank you for always being so kind. All worked out well today btw. :)
One of the more eclectic wandering reads I ever finished...I imagine it as I imagine someone with would experience a few moments wandering inside my eclectic and wandering mind. Interesting, thank you for sharing!
I'm trying to decipher some of the acronyms used because, gatekeepers, and I'd like to buy a vowel! Or two. Or three. Can you help with the CD and Turp thing? I pretty sure you don't have prostate issues like searching "Turp" is the only return. But I might be wrong in this genderless era of birthing persons?
I've been to the Nordic nation of Iceland, that has been under Swedish dominion in its history, and found it beautiful, the people lovely - once you pierce their initial outward coolish nature. But I found its culturally prevalent obedience streak mentally constraining, a limitation, a mental regulator, constrictor plate.
This story about a nurse in Iceland who defied the testing mandates highlights that observation. I wonder if the Swedes share the same obedience streak, if it's a Nordic thing as I suspect.
Could terminate work contract of a nurse who denied taking rapid Covid tests
Iceland Monitor, March 9, 2023
https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2023/03/09/could_terminate_work_contract_of_a_nurse_who_denied/
"the nurse disobeyed company orders"
"she was required to obey such orders"
"employees' obedience to the employer's legal order is one of the primary duties of employees"
"an employee must submit to the mastery of his employer"
"work procedures must be obeyed"
"breach of a duty to obey or refusal by the employee to obey a directive"
"employee’s breach of the duty to obey"
"the employee’s refusal to obey is considered a serious failure"
"Obviously, obedience is considered to be an important part of running a business"
"obedience obligations are evidently to be regarded as critical to the operation of the policy"
"The Court finds that the breach of the duty of obedience by the nurse during the time in question constitutes a serious breach of the employment contract"
"The woman was then sentenced to pay the company Klíníkin 1.2 million ISK [$8,500 USD] in legal costs."
It's a beautiful place. I met wonderful people there....but that obedience thing.
I had a similar experience for 5 weeks in Germany. My folks have the German background but I was constantly offending people there because I habitually look for shortcuts. Germans habitually follow the rules that are in place for every situation and are offended by anything else. I like the people and like visiting them but don’t want to live knowing I’m regularly unconsciously giving cause for offense.
Celia, this is beautiful, your writing is healing for the soul--thank you so much.
Thanks so much for sharing your journey. Our amazingly created bodies can heal then thrive when we remove the toxic stuff and replace with good stuff. I’ve learned so much about this from an exceptional nutritionist and then reading Dr Daniel Amen & Dr Mark Hyman. Welcome to your new (and longer) life
Yes, if we only believed it. That our bodies self heal when given adequate nutrition and chance to detox. I no longer have itchy eyes, congestion—it's all gone. So I have to re-think CIRS and mold. It's such a shock to not be sick anymore, you almost don't know what to do with yourself.
It is great that you’re seeing a truly healthy body is possible. It’s really eating the way our bodies were designed for. Environmental toxins are important to know about and test for. A really competent person doing a Zyto scan can identify toxins and also analyze digestive health. It’s easy & inexpensive. I really think you’d be amazed with Dr Mark Hyman’s book, Young Forever. Concerning CIRS, inflammation is very destructive and (bad) food is a primary cause
Thanks for touching on the brain fog, most people don’t understand, at all.
Thank you for all of this precious reveal and guidance. Bless you bless you bless you!
Very interesting piece. I am part way through your AIDS book, and Dr. Ana’s book also. Some of you have led very interesting, and inspiring lives.
Thank you, Ernie, for reading my book. My belief is that every life is in a sense equally interesting but they don't want us to remember or take stock of our lives. They want us to be blobs with no memory or meaning. This is what I fight. I believe in human stories. We need to return to them, not just the stories of the "Gods" and Supermen.
So right, somehow "deeper" thought is discouraged, all geared for "ready for you", "experts already prepared" "we know what's best for you" etc.... so, all that's required is to consume, consume. No need to think and contemplate, to feel outside what's recommended, no time for it, look, you've been looked after... I know, too much sarcasm...
So sad to see us losing our humanity, our very essence. Thank you and God bless you Celia.
I like the name "instant Einsteins" for all those who think a couple of clicks on
Wikipedia and maybe an establishment article or two and they know all they need to know (minus maybe some technical details). There are a lot of them out there.
Love this - thank you for honesty, my favourite of all things. Inspired now to continue memoir writing, healing isn't trite, writing of it is not either. Thank you!
Thank you Dennis. It's my favorite thing too and very under rated. I'm glad you will write your story. There are thousands of comments here over the last 2 years that I would like to publish as mini stories. I just need time.
Words of Gold...
Thank You so much!
Hi Celia - I am proud of your new 'environment'.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you Vicki!
Thank you, Celia. Beautiful writing and poignant stories. (I really hope you create a childhood memoir.) Such generous sharing on your quest for healing. What magnificence; you are feeling cured! This is so very heartening to hear about. Much love to you, Celia, and what a rich tapestry, your life.
It's a joy to share with you all. I owe my life to people who spoke out candidly about how sick they were and then how they got well. Not everybody did it this way but there was a quality to the carnivore stories that stood out to me. Like these total total transformations.
Every time I find myself circling in on the internet I always find God and meat. Well at least it seems that way. God was a little harder to integrate but I already know the meat diet is a winner for me.
Thank you for sharing everything, especially the bit about the red wine and angry letters. I’ve been experiencing something similar.
It’s time for meat again methinks.
I just got out of hospital with kidney stones. This time I’m going to find a supportive doctor (hopefully)
At least god has a sense of humour; if you look up the meaning of my first name it is “a rocky place”...
I have already lost my gallbladder due to large stones.
Looking forward to more writing. Keep up the health.
Chantelle, the best way to try it is to take a few steps at a time, and within a few weeks, your body ceases to crave carbs and sugar. Also, a reminder, the extra butter is KEY. People lose weight when they eat 1-2 sticks of butter a day. True. Fat is our guardian angel not our enemy. The lies about fat are especially egregious. Wishing you fortitude and healing!
Thank you so much for replying!
I have loved listening to all of your writing and stories of Lewis, Germ Theory, U.S politics and your health journey.
I did the Carnivore thing a few years back, and I wish I had stuck with it. I spent a bit of time thinking that if I could find myself in good health and a good relationship with god that I could get away with eating and drinking whatever I want; this is likely not the case... Last night I had a glass of wine (why?????) and I woke up in the middle of the night agitated and couldn't stop thinking of your last post about how the wine gets to you. I couldn't believe how agitated I was in the middle of the night, I was not best self.
Thank you again so much for sharing your journey.
Dietary habits die hard—ly, but I must be done with them as soon as possible. The destructive ones. Thanks for your encouragement.
They do die hard because they offer us comfort and relief from emotional pain but if you can get past the first 3 weeks or so you are in the clear and it becomes easy. Keep us posted. Maybe I should become a health blog?
Celia,
You already are writing a health blog.
Dietary health blog
Spiritual health blog
Mental health blog
Honesty health blog
Humor and real life blog
Rooster survival blog
The list seems endless.
We all love opening your packages of your loving self and writing about it.
We never know where tomorrow’s blog article will take us all next, but I for one really look forward to it.
Blessings and endless love/success
beautiful. nature is the salve. the book 'sugar blues' changed my life in the 90s after years of pizza and cereal. fast food nation, mad cowboy, omnivores dilemma and wim hoff. i still love good pizza, but homemade from good simple single-source organic ingredients. control everything possible going in. let the rest go.
I had so many chances to "understand" about sugar but I didn't want to. I wanted to think I could have "a little here and there." I am still bargaining in my mind for LICORICE. That's my Achilles heel.
same. i have come to appreciate bitter but without maple syrup, things would be trickier here.