Welcome!
I am so EXCITED to be joining you on your healing journey!
Congratulations on taking the first step, which is always the hardest, to be Healing, Happy and Healthy with Hashimoto's.
This online thyroid program is designed to reset your thyroid, set your body up for healing, and put into remission your autoimmune symptoms caused by Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. The program is self-paced. Meaning you go as fast or as slow as you'd like. You are 100% in control of your healing! I am here so that you won't be doing this alone and to provide you with the tools, resources, and step-by-step guidance you need for optimal healing. Not only do you have access to all the modules, tools and resources you see here, but you will have my support and guidance through weekly Online Health Coaching Sessions, and the support of our PRIVATE Facebook Community. Please be sure to join our private Facebook Group because your engagement and interaction in the group is strongly encouraged.
All the modules, tools and resources you see here are also accessible in the private Facebook Group. Each module is called a "Guide" in the Facebook Group and can be found by clicking on "Guides" in the Facebook Menu Bar.
Choose the format you like best for accessing the material (website or Facebook) and together we will find the healing you desire and deserve.
Sincerely,
Kristin C. Cortez
Thyroid Wellness Coach & Author
My Healing Journey....
Who Am I?
I am a wife. I am a mother. I am a grandmother. I have suffered with Hashimoto's and Rheumatoid Arthritis most of my adult life (since 2006).
I left Corporate America, as a CPA, in 2018 to become a Health & Wellness Coach because I have a passion for helping individuals like myself find healing naturally through diet and exercise.
I am the creator and founder of the website Living Well Essentially and this Online Thyroid Program: Healing, Happy, and Healthy with Hashimoto's. I am also the author of the self-published book, The Quick Guide to Healing, Happy, and Healthy with Hashimoto's.
My Story.
I had an adverse reaction to the one and only flu vaccine I had ever received back in 2006. Three days after receiving the vaccine I was unable to lift my arms past the height of my elbows and I was experiencing excruciating amounts of pain and inflammation in my joints. I spent about six months like this before a doctor finally diagnosed me with Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism and Rheumatoid Arthritis which were both viral in nature and caused by my reaction to the flu vaccine. I spent all of my adult life battling flare ups of autoimmune symptoms, weight gain, and struggling to get the right dosage of medication to address my sometimes conflicting blood test results.
My Healing.
When my own health hit rock bottom in 2017, due to the stress and challenges of many major life altering events, one of which was the passing of my mother and handling her affairs, I became desperate and wanted to do whatever I could do to get my life and my health back in order. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. I had become frustrated with a diagnosis that seemed to control every aspect of my life from physical activities to the relationships around me.
Deep down I knew this was not how life was meant to be and that I could be bigger than the diagnosis. So, I began doing the research and jumped all into the nutrition, fitness, and mindset changes that could be the gateway to finding the healing I was desperately searching for. This program is a compilation of the research and the methods tried that were successful in my own healing process. I say process because my healing journey is far from over. Every day I am still learning new things about this diagnosis as I work on living a healing and healthy lifestyle.
As with anything in life there are detours and setbacks, but it’s up to us to find beauty in the journey and appreciate what the body is capable of. The body is capable of healing! And yours is too!
What is Living Well Essentially?
What started out as a mission to find a way to bring down the numbers in my own bloodwork to a range that was actually healthy; has turned into lifestyle change and a quest to find healing through nutrition that works with my body and exercise that promotes thyroid healing. After seeing my own success, experiencing my own healing; I decided I needed to share this with others. And that is how Living Well Essentially was born.
Through Living Well Essentially my goal is to help individuals find healing body, mind, and soul of their autoimmune diseases, specifically Hashimoto's. I am not promoting a quick fix or magic pill as this is not a one size fits all approach. What you will glean from this is life-long habits that will heal you of your symptoms naturally through nutrition, exercise, and a positive mindset.
I recommend that you give this program 90 Days. It will take the first 30 days to adjust and make the necessary changes as you let go of old unhealthy habits and replace them with new healing and healthy habits. In the second 30 days this will start to feel more comfortable, and you will see your "old" self-start to emerge, but a better version as you start to experience results. In the last 30 days you will have fully embraced this lifestyle and you will feel better than you ever have and with that you will have new-found confidence and a motivation to continue on the journey you started.