Author: Cathy

After 35 years of living in a rural area and healing MS naturally outdoors, some of my best “treatments” don’t come from a pharmacy. They come from my front porch. On the best days, I sit in my rocking chair, and there is literally nothing to hear except the rustle of leaves in a breeze.…

MS fatigue natural remedies are something many people start searching for when exhaustion becomes one of the hardest parts of living with multiple sclerosis. If you have MS, there’s a good chance fatigue is one of your biggest daily battles. Not the “I need a nap” tired. The bone-deep, can’t-lift-your-arms, brain-fog kind of tired that doesn’t…

Gut healing for MS shouldn’t feel this complicated — yet for most people, it does. I’ll never forget the moment I got my gut health test results back. After years of eating “clean.” After following every gut-healing protocol I could find. After eliminating foods and taking expensive supplements. And still — my gut was a…

Easter was never about a big family dinner in our house. It was about the baskets. For us, the Easter rabbit hid not just the eggs alone, but the entire basket. Looking back now, I realize those early Easter memories would eventually connect to something I didn’t understand yet — the way holidays can sometimes…

If you’ve been diagnosed with MS, you’ve probably gone down the rabbit hole searching for the best diet for MS. And you’ve probably been told about THE diet. Maybe it was the Wahls Protocol. Maybe it was the Swank diet, the OMS diet, or some variation of a strict plant-based plan. And maybe (like me)…

If you have been living with multiple sclerosis, you have probably heard some version of the same message over and over again. “Hope for the best, plan for the worst.” “There is no cure.” “You may only get worse from here.” That message is exhausting. And for many people with MS, it has felt like…

Some funny facts about MS sound impossible — until they happen to you. It started with a turtle.  My husband and I were scrolling through weird facts one evening, and we landed on this gem: turtles can breathe through their butts. I had to Google it immediately. And yes — it is completely, scientifically true.…

Living with multiple sclerosis means navigating a symptom list that reads like a very unfunny joke. Brain fog? Check. Numbness in your feet? Check. Constipation that nobody warned you about? Oh, that’s definitely on the list. Muscle cramps that wake you up at 2 am? Also check. MS has a lot of nerve (pun absolutely…

When it comes to gut health and MS, most people just want one simple answer: what do I eat? That was exactly where I was when I first changed my diet — overwhelmed, unsure, and just trying to heal. I didn’t make changes because it was easy. I made them because my body was struggling.…