What You Don’t Say Can Hurt You

- by Fiona Hollis  (London, England based, age 32)

Hello!

My name is Fiona, and I wanted to share with you how raw greens have helped transform my health.   January was my one year anniversary of healthy thyroid function. Woohooo!

In December 2008, I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. To my horror, I was told by my GP that surgery would probably be needed to remove 3/4 of my thyroid gland, leaving me dependent on medication for the rest of my life. This didn’t feel like a road I wanted to go down at all.

I believe that, when working properly, our bodies are able to heal themselves. That all illness or dis-ease is caused by energy blockages within our bodies where emotions get trapped and repressed. I have not always thought this way – but since having my son my eyes have opened to the magical possibilities that are open to us if we dare to believe and see for ourselves.

Initially I thought I had flu, so thought I would let it run its course. After five days with a temperature of 40 C, the shakes, extreme brain pain and a buffet of horrendous symptoms, I decided to take my sorry self to the local GP. She took one look at me & suggested I see a specialist as my neck was very swollen & she was concerned it was thyroid cancer. My heart sank.

I knew deep down the goiter in my neck was blocked expression – clearly affecting my throat chakra. There was a key issue that had been bubbling to the surface of my mind for the last few months and the fear of expressing it to those around me was too great. I denied the need to confront it. The ‘thing’ I least wanted to say – had now backed me into a corner and was testing how much I was willing to stay in denial.

I now had no choice – and I could feel it in every painful cell. The emotions surrounding this admission were HUGE. The waves of shame, self-hatred, and despair I experienced as I spoke my truth was clearly what I had been avoiding. The day after I spoke my truth my goiter went down & I started my healing – and believe me it was the biggest thing that’s ever happened to me.

A friend introduced me to raw food, and lovingly e-mailed me advice and recipes to get me on my healing path to naturally reduce my thyroxine levels. Whilst Googling ‘heal your own hyperthyroidism’ I stumbled upon an on-line community called ’Give it to me raw‘. Raw foodists had posted advice & real life experiences for managing thyroid conditions (amongst many other things). It seemed that cruciferous vegetables (green leafy veggies) were mother nature’s very own thyroxine suppressors – in particular kale.

I started drinking green juices every day as well as having green smoothies and raw food salads. From there, the key was being aware of all the different emotions that bubbled up. Amongst which were ‘Why am I doing this?’ and  ‘Surely it won’t work and everyone will think I’m mad’. I’ve since learned that a pinch of self-belief and a handful of faith are essential!

In my recovery, raw food gave me a clean slate to work from, whilst energising and cleansing me from the inside – releasing toxins and emotions - making me shiny and healthy! It energized and boosted my endocrine system and gave me a strong stable environment to experience the blocked emotions I allowed to come up and flow through me. This illness was my neon light pointing me in the direction of self-belief. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger right? Every time I drink green juices and smoothies I feel like I’m filling my body with natural love. Then there’s Divine love -

But that’s another topic altogether…

You can visit Fiona’s website and read more about her journey here: http://www.iloveraw.co.uk/