When I was living in London I realised that I had hit a wall, but it all changed for my energy levels when I did this one thing.

I was working a full-time job (read 40 hours per week) as a project manager for a private healthcare company. Plus, I was studying ‘part-time’ (read 27 hours per week) and was running on adrenaline.

I was TIRED!

To be honest, it was one of those things where you just GO. You are so busy and so goal-oriented, you don’t really see it. Plus life in general in London is far more fast-paced than life in Amsterdam. I was just doing the things; work, study, partner, cooking, seeing friends (okay, there was less time for that)…and I sacrificed my health, my sleep and I was NOT relaxed.

In fact, I was ILL.

• Sleep was on the back burner…in fact, I COULDN’T SLEEP
• Irritable, I was easily set off
• Stressed as my nervous system was overloaded
• When I stopped, I felt VERY tired (but still couldn’t sleep – ahhh the paradoxes of life)
• I was uncomfortable from symptoms that were annoying, but just tolerable enough that I wasn’t stopping to do something about them

Then, I got up one night…exasperated. I had been lying awake for hours, agitated about nothing in particular and about everything that had EVER bothered me. Sound familiar?

I couldn’t stand it any longer. I wasn’t happy, I was tired, I was unable to feel good in my skin.

Then I did this

It may sound stupid now, but I did the thing I should have been doing from the beginning. I booked an appointment with Melody Mackeown to look at my diet.

She blew my mind, seriously.

Even though I was studying nutrition, I needed that bird’s-eye view that you rarely can get when you work on your health with Dr Google.

So we tested:

• SIgA – the immunoglobulins that help protect you from microbes in the gut and lungs and help ‘tag’ food as SAFE – It was LOW
• Cortisol and DHEA to look at how my nervous system was coping – It wasn’t!
• Stool test to see how balanced my microbes were – They weren’t! I had a candida infection
• Heavy metals test to see whether toxins were making me tired – they were! Mercury was a bit high, likely from my amalgam fillings

As she already suspected many of these things, we started work straight away. Within a few weeks I was already feeling a LOT better.

I had less itchy skin, I got to sleep faster, I felt calmer and, best of all, I was less tired and have more energy!

Of course, I thought that meant I could do MORE, which was a bad idea…but that’s a story for next time 😉

I have TONNES of energy, and I want that for you too.

My name is Joyce Bergsma and I teach my clients how to understand their bodies and nourish them in the best way possible. I help them on the journey to be symptom free so they are living happier, more fulfilling lives.

But what I ALSO do is act as a cheerleader, a navigator and I hold them accountable.

Book a call TODAY! I’ll help you find freedom in your life.