#1 Healing Journal Entry: My Candida Diagnosis Tara Carpenter, NC. Nutritional support for those healing with The Body Ecology Diet. #1 Healing Journal Entry: My Candida Diagnosis Written on September 9, 2010. Today, I was diagnosed with a systemic case of Candida, a.k.a. yeast overgrowth throughout my body. After a year of chronic symptoms (i.e., […]
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Lunchbox List for People on Body Ecology Diet Tara Carpenter, NC. Nutritional support for people on Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.). Originally published on January 24, 2019. If you have a child on Body Ecology Diet (B.E.D.) or a ‘gluten-sugar-yeast free’ diet then you know the amount of effort needed to pack a well-balanced lunchbox. As […]
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My Red Yoga Mat Tara Carpenter, NC., CPES. Originally published on July 15, 2015. Like a loved teddy bear, my red yoga mat has been with me through thick ‘n thin since I was 20 and taught myself how to do each yoga posture with a little book written by Richard Hittleman. This was before […]
Originally published on October 10, 2017 This is a 10-minute streamline writing, learn more here. “Best mom ever” he says leaning heavily into me as I reach out to brace myself on the kitchen counter. The world stops in this moment as I have been without my son’s love extending this way for so long now […]
This is a 10-minute streamline writing, more about that here. I have always taken time to be with myself. I find getting away to be therapeutic, kind of a walkabout if you will. Where I get in my car when weather is right and kids are cared for. I don’t have a destination and drive with […]
“Now You Are Still”: Losing My Baby Girl Tara Carpenter, NC., CPES I wrote the poem below in 2006 while in the hospital recovering from a sepsis infection I got moments after losing my baby girl. You can read more in detail about that loss here, please know there are photos that may be disturbing […]
Most pregnant women are not prepared for a group B strep diagnosis. I know that I wasn’t when my test came back positive at 38 weeks. At that point, I did not have time to reverse the condition and opted for i.v. antibiotics during labor. See here if unborn baby is at risk for GBS+.