Financing Your Health Journey

I get it- being healthy seems like it takes a lot of work, a lot of time & a LOT of money.

The truth is, STAYING healthy & keeping yourself in a “maintenance phase” is not expensive or tons of work but getting to the root of the problem & getting equipped to maintain health long term CAN be an initial investment into your long-term health maintenance plan.

In the depths of my own immense health struggle 10+ years ago, I was reluctant to ask for help or spend money (that I didn’t have) on lab testing, better water filtration systems, IV therapy, custom supplements, etc.

Unfortunately, my body was hitting a major breaking point where I had to leave my dream job & quit my last year of college because my brain literally wouldn’t work anymore. I remember sitting at the computer of my interior design job trying to work on a custom kitchen plan & my brain having no idea what to do. It was hard to even get my hand to move the mouse, let alone work & concentrate on a very intricate project….

I may not LOOK sick here, but this was right after I quit school & my dream job. My brain was on fire & I could hardly function. My anxiety was so high I couldn’t go anywhere by myself or contribute to the household much. My boyfriend (now husband) took me in for a year & helped me rehab my body through proper nutrition, brain work, functional lab testing, supportive body movement, IV therapy with my practitioner & more.

At that point, I had no other choice if I wanted to live a quality life. I had to invest in something more than the mainstream doctor's advice that was covered by my health insurance. I was only getting worse & at age 21 I was losing my life & watching my dreams rush down the drain.

I ended up asking my family for help financially & putting my treatments on a credit card. Within months, my brain was turning back on, my stomach problems were going away, my hormones were rising & I was feeling SO much better in a short amount of time.

Feeling better led me to get back into school to finish my degree, graduate top of my class, win “Best in Show” for my graduate thesis project, & go on to start a business that led me to pay back my initial investments from those I borrowed from.

Health is Wealth. That’s the truth.

Without optimal health, how do we serve our family?
How do we have the energy to cook nutritious meals & play with our children?
Without a thriving body, how do we actually enjoy life & feel good enough to travel & garden & invest & create & love?

I know that in the depths of my health issues, It just wasn’t possible to create new relationships, start a business, work, or even read a book because it was just too challenging for my brain & body to handle.

If I hadn’t invested those thousands of dollars in the beginning, I know for a fact I would have never graduated with a college degree or gone on to create a career I love. Optimal health is a pre-requisite to the dreams & life you desire.

Options You have

  1. Save Up
    Decide where you can cut corners in your current spending & start putting that money away into a separate account you don’t touch. My husband & I shared one car for years. We sold his vehicle & bought mine in cash and have not had a car payment for 6+ years now! Without a car payment, we can use that money elsewhere for our investments, health care, children’s private schooling & so much more.

    Was it an adjustment to have one car? YES.
    Was it worth it all these years later? YES

  2. Finance Your Investment With CC

    Most of my clients have had great success with getting 24-month zero-interest credit cards which make their monthly payments for my full health coaching around $150/month.

    This is a great way to pay off your investment over time for a low monthly rate.

    Advanced Care Credit is a company many clients & practitioner friends have used over the years to finance their medical & health purchases.

    There are thousands of more credit cards out there with great rates. If you are a responsible money manager, this is a simple route to go.

  3. In House Financing

    Most companies have in-house financing available, which usually costs a bit more in fees & interest vs. financing with a zero-interest credit card. If you are looking at one of my coaching programs (or someone else’s) there are usually payment plan options if you ask. If you’re looking to get a water filtration & ionization system set up, the company I work with offers 6 month- 24 month financing available.

  4. Make More Money

    More easily said than done right?! I totally get it. Asking for a raise or starting your own business for some extra cash isn’t necessarily easy but again- is totally worth it in the end! After 10 years of entrepreneurship, my top advice for making more money in a way that doesn’t suck all your time away from you can be found here:
    FREE BUSINESS MENTORSHIP TRAINING

    If you want to truly uplevel your life & learn how to create an automated, high-ticket business online- that free video is for you. I’ve spent THOUSANDS of dollars over the years learning what we teach in our platform there & it’s now all accessible to you.

If you need further assistance with financing your health needs, please reach out anytime.
My team & I have more detailed resources for those who are serious about changing their life & need more support.

I know exactly how it feels to have no hope, no energy & no clear path forward. Luckily, I have gone before you in this area & am so grateful to say I’ve overcome, healed fully & turned my life around. If you want the same for yourself, I’m here to help those who are truly motivated & ready to move forward.

Cheers to your health,

Leah B

Pre & Postnatal Blueprint for Pregnancy & Postpartum

In my own pregnancy & postpartum journey, I wished for a way to optimize my health & my baby’s health.

Was I getting enough vitamins & minerals?
How much did I really need?
What about my MTHFR mutations?
How does that change my nutrient requirements?
I heard methylation is important for baby development but how do I know if I’m methylating well?

These were all questions I had that never got answered until much later in my own postpartum journey. I’m hoping that many more women now can understand & optimize this for themselves in this wildly important season of development & creation.

My midwife & doc did the standard bloodwork & “everything was fine” but it just didn’t feel like I was doing everything I could to enhance my pregnancy & postpartum period.

It’s time for women to have access to a custom nutritional protocol to follow through pregnancy & the postpartum period. No more guessing what you need supplement-wise or confusion about what foods are best for your blood sugar in this season.

Benefits of Optimizing Methylation

Methylation is a process that happens every second of every day throughout your body. It is important for gene regulation, detoxification, & cellular adaptability. Your organs, tissues & fetus development are dependent on these processes happening well & to their fullest potential.

With more specific blood testing, we can now see what is happening inside your cells over the past 6 months of time & how much of each vital vitamin, mineral, amino acid & antioxidant is getting inside the cells to do their job. (Regular bloodwork looks at what is happening outside the cell in a single instant.)

You’ll even get a printout of your own methylation cycle like the one shown here. You’ll know precisely what areas of methylation need support & specifically how to support them. No more guessing!

Customize your nutrition & know exactly what will fuel your body best

We’ll also examine your Metabolic Type & Food Sensitivities that lead to a lowered immune system. These two screenings will give you a customized nutrition plan that’s designed to give you energy, optimize your metabolic rate, fuel yourself at a cellular level & keep your blood sugar balanced.

Ability to Create a Custom Multi-Vitamin

We’ll use this information to craft your own custom prenatal vitamin based on exactly what you need & precisely what you DO NOT need. We don’t want to consume things we don’t need, as that can cause overloads & disrupt the balance of other vitamins/minerals. It’s clear that everyone is different & everyone needs different levels of certain foods & certain micronutrients.

With this package, you’ll have access to a custom compounded 90-day supplement in either capsule or powdered form. This makes it super simple to get all the nutrition you need!

In my experience, it’s easiest and fastest to TEST & NOT GUESS.

Having a plan that is custom to you & designed to get you optimal results is the future of personalized healthcare. You & your baby are worth the extra investigation to make sure you’re both getting what you need.

If that’s something you think you’d benefit from, you can access those lab screenings &
coaching support with the button above.

What is Your Free Copper Percentage?

With hormonal, behavioral & mental misalignments on the rise, I find the Free Copper Percentage (FCP) to be an important evaluation of the inner oxidative health of a person.

FCP is an indicator of the amount of copper that is not bound to the protein ceruloplasmin. When copper is not bound to its carrier proteins, it acts like an oxidative element (which essentially ages us & stresses us on a cellular level).

If the bile & liver aren’t working well to excrete it from the body, it gets transported to tissues for storage since it cannot stay circulating in the blood. This directly can affect the brain, liver, reproductive organs, adrenals, thyroid & much more.

How Does One Get High Free Copper?

  • Lowered Adrenal Activity

  • Impaired Liver Function

  • Sludgy Bile & Gallstones

  • Environmental Exposure: organic pesticides, pool water, copper pipes

  • Vegetarian/Vegan Diets: avocados, chocolate, nuts/seeds, spirulina, mushrooms, leafy greens,

  • Organ Meats, Lobster, Oysters

  • Supplements

  • Pyrolle Disorder

  • Micronutrient Deficiencies

  • Birth Control

  • Inheriting From Mother

Common Symptoms of High Free Copper Percentage

●  anxiety

●  tired & wired

●  easily upset and emotional

●  mood swings

●  mania/depression

●  anger and violence

●  mental illnesses (bi-polar, ADHD, schizophrenia, depression)

●  concentration & memory problems

●  strong self-criticism

●  headache/migraine

●  tiredness and exhaustion

●  insomnia

●  poor immune response

●  skin problems

●  hair loss

●  yeast infection

●  high estrogen (bloating, low libido, PMT)

●  joint aches and pains

Testing For Free Copper Percentage

The minimum testing requirements from a standard bloodwork perspective are copper serum, zinc, & ceruloplasmin. I also personally recommend a full iron panel & evaluating additional micronutrients. You can see my Add On Vitamin Panel & Comprehensive Panel here, which includes the copper evaluation basics.

With these measurements, FCP can be calculated, which commonly explains why those struggling are having such symptoms.

Lowing this FCP to a healthy place (8-15%) is a multifaceted task. Detoxing this additional stored copper needs to happen at a gentle pace in order to avoid copper “dumping” symptoms (which is pretty much all the symptoms listed above).

Detoxing an overload is one thing, it’s another to make sure copper is getting into the cells & is not actually a bioavailability issue at a cellular level. Again, we can tell how this is happening by looking at an intracellular micronutrient panel & comparing it to extracellular blood work & the Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis.

If this is something you think you might be struggling with & would like support, click the button above to see my process of looking at the full status of the health of your body.

You can also access getting regular blood work (that you can do from any Labcorp across the country!) by checking out my shop page. I recommend the Comprehensive Profile & the Add-On Vitamins/Minerals panel to understand your Free Copper Percentage.