Radiantly Nourished: Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis with Sena Maria Shellenberger

After developing a condition where she began to have an allergic reaction to almost everything she ate, Sena knew something had to change. She had been living a health-focused lifestyle for years after leaving a job at Google and finding the heart medicine of cacao. But years later she would discover her days of drinking cacao, using plant medicines and eating a more vegetarian diet were no longer supporting her body's needs. By chance, she won an instagram contest for a Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis and learned she was very depleted in certain key minerals our bodies need to thrive. Through changing her diet and supplementing with minerals, Sena began to see all the ways her current life were not supporting her true needs. She bravely left her fiancee, and soon moved from Northern California to her home town in St. Paul, Minnesota. I love watching my friends evolve and grow, and after witnessing Sena's transformation to become radiantly nourished, I knew I wanted to hear the whole story. It turns out what may have worked in our 20's is not always sustainable into our 30's and beyond… In this episode we discussed: What is hair tissue mineral analysis? What does it tell us about key minerals we may be missing? The industrialization of our food system and why so many of us have food sensitivities that our grandparents didn't Why Sena's health started deteriorating and how HTMA got her back on track to living radiantly nourished Why Sena left her relationship, moved home to Minnesota and started over in life The vulnerability of choosing to be single at 35 and also having the desire to start a family Sena's shift from using cacao daily to microdosing with mushrooms to letting go of both of them as a regular routine To learn more about Sena's evolution, listen to our previous episode here Stay in Touch with Sena: Website Instagram Stay in Touch with Rising Women Leaders: Website Instagram Make a donation on Patreon Sena Maria supports women to embrace a nourished, resilient and radiantly healthy state.  She uses Mineral Nutritional Balancing to rebuild our mineral heritage and get to the root of our health issues. She believes that we are only as healthy as our cells and by supporting our bodies ability to create energy and eliminate toxins efficiently, we can return to the simple, natural joy of being alive.  Sena's degree in Psychology, career at Google and her subsequent studies of yoga, energy healing, shamanism, plant medicine, tools for building emotional capacity and integration, and Mineral Nutritional Balancing have led her to sit with many questions about what humanity may need at this time to heal from trauma + toxins, strengthen our families and create mineral-rich generations to come. She offers a woman-centric approach to healing with Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis utilizing it as a tool for deepening connection with one's self.