What a year of root-cause work actually looks like


Hi Reader,

Last week I talked about inflammation - the low-grade fire that hums along quietly while driving some of the most frustrating symptoms women bring to me.

Today I want to show you what happens when we actually put it out.

Julie came to me with a history of high inflammation, elevated liver enzymes, significant cholesterol imbalances, hypothyroidism with sky-high antibodies, and low Vitamin D. She had numbers her doctors noted and monitored - but nothing that created a sense of urgency, and no clear path toward actually changing them.

We spent a year together looking at her full picture. Not chasing individual markers, but addressing the terrain underneath all of them.

Here's part of what shifted in that year:

▫️Her CRP - a key inflammatory marker - which had been running at around 20 for years, dropped to 4.
▫️Her liver enzymes normalized (AST from 41 to 14, ALT from 21 to 7).
▫️Her total cholesterol dropped from 304 to 167, with LDL moving from 130 to 100.
▫️Her thyroid antibodies - the ones contributing to her autoimmune response - fell dramatically: TPO from 1,249 to 168, and thyroglobulin antibodies from 264 to 8.
▫️Her Vitamin D went from a functionally deficient 26 to a healthy 57.

These are not small adjustments! These are a body responding to finally being supported at the root.

Here's what Julie had to say:

"I have learned so much from Lisa regarding health, functional wellness, auto-immune and inflammatory conditions, improving nutrition, reducing body burden, 'normal' lab results vs. optimal lab results, and more. Lisa's coaching has prompted me to think outside the box, assess my health goals and adjust them for what I now know is possible, and to advocate for myself. I feel empowered to seek doctors whose approach to medicine is more functional and in alignment with my needs, to say goodbye to relationships that are toxic or no longer serve me, and to make small changes that result in big wins and solid habits." — Julie K.

"Say goodbye to relationships that are toxic or no longer serve me."

That line is everything. Because this work doesn't just change your labs. It changes how you see yourself - and what you're willing to settle for.

That's what clearing the static actually looks like.

With love,
Lisa

If you're ready to stop monitoring your numbers and start actually moving them, the Vitality Breakthrough Experience is where we begin. Two sessions. Your full picture. $249.

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Lisa Broberg, BSN RN FMCHC | OMNI Live Well

As a holistic Registered Nurse and Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, I help sensitive, high-achieving women reconnect to themselves through holistic detoxification and body wisdom. I bridge clinical expertise with intuitive practices to help you lighten what's weighing you down - the physical toxins, mental loops, emotional baggage, and energetic interference - so you can move from survival and obligation to freedom, expansion, and joy.

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