I have been an avid runner from track and cross country to charitable races. When I was sixteen, I ran my first mini marathon and completely fell in love with running.   My soul sister is my sister in law.  We have ran every marathon together. We were always practicing for the next big race. Yes, runner’s high is real! When I was sixteen I was determined to run a marathon before I was 25. 

Running was my way to decompress, lift my mood, and clear my head.  Until my junior year of college, when I had to stop running completely.  Since I’d started college, IBS was a part of my life.  Then junior year came and it hit an all time high. I was an avid runner, running about six miles every other day. Then all of a sudden,  I wasn’t able to run more than two miles without running to the bathroom. Yes, I had that kind of IBS. Because of this I had to stop running completely, I had lost my main stress reliever. 

Well STRESS and Irritable Bowel Syndrome took over. My stomach wouldn’t let me run over two miles without getting terrible cramps and laying on the bathroom floor. I couldn’t reach my goal. I actually stopped running all together. I no longer wanted to feel terrible.  I gave up on running, even though it was something that made me feel SO GOOD.  I am here to tell you that I am now running seven miles without an upset stomach, feeling exhausted, or having my stomach cramping like crazy. 

At the time, I didn’t know what caused IBS or how to get rid of it. I went to doctors and tried many different medications but nothing seems to be helping me, not even a little.  So for about three years, I lived with it. I thought my running life was over and having an upset stomach ninety percent of the time was my new normal.  

You too can get your stress under control. The steps that I teach do actually work. My stress was taking over my body. It wasn’t allowing me to do anything. I am now on the other side and I can not tell you how amazing it feels. Honestly, I feel like I have my life and my body back.