Melanie Cross, NP: Going from Crappy to Happy with Functional Plant Medicine

In today's episode, Nurse Practitioner and Functional Plant Medicine Expert, Melanie Cross introduces us to using cannabis as a tool to get people over the hump with their healing to improve sleep, energy, and digestive issues.Through her own health journey, Melanie experienced a seven year time when she didn't sleep well, was experiencing brain fog, and was told she was fine by the doctors she saw.  The typical story of "of course you're tired, you have children" and even offered her anti-depressants.Within a week of starting cannabis, she was sleeping through the night for the first time in years!She found the root cause of her sleep issues, which was gut health, and address that to heal.  Now she doesn't need or use cannabis for sleep anymore,Melanie now uses this approach with her clients, whether it is sleep, or pain, or anxiety...to bridge that gap and allow them to have the energy to heal.Sleep is not a luxury!It is essential, and we cannot heal without sleeping well.Functional Plant Medicine - Melanie's approach of combining functional medicine and cannabis for treatment.We aren't talking about getting high!How to find symptom relief without feeling high.No dosing with edibles for medicinal purposes.You won't know actual dosing and you don't want the sugars, etc.Customizing dosage and blends that serve you the best.Balancing your endocanebanoid system.Tinctures allow you to dial in dosage specifically.Method of extraction is important.Different turpines for the results you want.Patches can be very helpful for pain.TCH-a in pain patches... no psychoactive effects.Some areas of the country, there are health care providers connected with dispensaries.Melanie is a member of the American Cannabis Nurses Association.Dr. Sulak, healer.com is a great resource to diy it.Some people should definitely not try dosing on your own!Seizure disordersBlood thinnersIf you have had a previous bad experienceYour endocanebanoid system as a balancing act.  It's job is to create homeostasis.Stress ReductionMindfulnessVagus NerveJoyfulnessEmpowerment to heal the body....Immune resilience... If you have an endocannabanoid deficiency, using cannabis can help balance you and give your body more resources to begin healing.Start low and go slow!#1- Master showing up for ourselves!When we can create a win in healing and become empowered, it leads to more and more wins in health, and then life!Life gets more expansive again!Not settling for the story of illness.Jumpstart your healing!Melanie's 1 thing... Show up for yourself!Becoming 1% better - James Clear Atomic HabitsInstead of always raising the ceiling, why not raise the floor!Pick one thing, and make a 1% improvement there.No win is too small!Complete Show Notes: inspiredliving.show/47