Runny noses, itchy eyes, groggy head, scratchy throat, hives, eczema, itchy skin and nose… How about inattention, hyperactivity, short attention span, easily agitated, loud talking, and impulsivity? What do all of these symptoms have in common? ALLERGIES!

What follows are my 13 strategies for surviving a healing protocol. Whether you’re starting a course elimination or beginning a major healing protocol - these ideas will be worth returning to again and again - on the hard days - and may even help you enjoy the process. Healing will come, yes. But there is so much more fruit from the experience and the disciple. Promise.

“Hey, hey, Mae: How exactly DO you eat and why? How did you go gluten-free and dairy-free with kids?” Grandma’s brownies, chips, family-recipe chocolate chip cookies and pouches of fruit punch Capri-Sun were the high, yummy points of my childhood.