by Kelly Calkins, BCHN® | Sep 4, 2025 | Autoimmune Health, Chronic Disease, Healing Journey
September is Self-Care Awareness Month, and it couldn’t come at a better time. We live in a world that glorifies busyness and constant productivity. Women especially are taught to wear exhaustion like a badge of honor—always giving, rarely receiving. But here’s...
by Kelly Calkins, BCHN | Jan 18, 2024 | Autoimmune Health, Healing Journey, Immunity, Uncategorized
Well, here you are approaching the end of January 2024! By now you’re probably underway with your goals, resolutions, and you’ve been bombarded with ways to get to where you want to be…and stay there. Unforturnately, the new year is filled with...
by Kelly Calkins, BCHN | Jan 4, 2024 | Autoimmune Health, Chronic Disease, Chronic Symptoms, Encouragement, Healing Journey, Tools, Uncategorized
As you roll into 2024, let’s have a real, heart to heart talk. The holiday vibes are fading, and everywhere you look, there’s a ton of diets, cleanses, and promises for quick fixes. You’ve seen this movie before – by February, your health goals might...
by Kelly Calkins, BCHN | Nov 9, 2023 | Autoimmune Health, Chronic Disease, Chronic Symptoms, Healing Journey
I don’t know about you, but I was taught that happiness is based on circumstances and joy is not. Well, what if that’s not exactly true. What if happiness and joy can both be independent of circumstances? Guess what? We’re going to be looking...
by Kelly Calkins, BCHN | Oct 26, 2023 | Autoimmune Health, Chronic Disease, Chronic Symptoms, Uncategorized
I talk to a lot of people and work with a lot of clients. The one common thread with all of them is inflammation. Chronic inflammation is a huge problem and it affects just about every single one of us. It’s sneaky, a troublemaker, and can throw all sorts of...
by Kelly Calkins, BCHN | Oct 11, 2023 | Autoimmune Health, Gut Health
As a Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist, I get a TON of questions on detox. How to detox, the best way to detox, do I need to detox? Unfortunately, there is a lot of conflicting information and straight-up wrong information on detox. Do we really need to chug down...