DETOX WEEK (APEX: WEEK 1)

(detox week)

If you’ve been in my world for some time now, you’ve likely heard me talk about “detox week.” Basically, the first week of APEX is when all the stuff you’ve been numbing comes to the surface to be worked through (oh goodie).

It’s not always the prettiest, but it clears the energetic pipes so to speak. If you happen to be busy or living a very full life the first 2 weeks of APEX, the true detox phase hits around week 3 or 4, but in my experience, week 1 is when most people experience this phase.

THIS TIME, MY DETOX LOOKED LIKE:

  • Exhaustion the first 2 days

  • Increased sensitivity to my body

  • Changes in digestion (that full story is at the bottom of this blog)

  • Irritability/agitation

  • Health OCD returned with a vengeance, I suspect I’ve been numbing my anxiety and fear so now I get to properly recalibrate it.

Detox week requires the most maintenance and diligence of the entire protocol, so I am seriously looking forward to week 2… but despite the detox, per usual, I was still showered in blessings! Check it out…

COOL SHIT THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEK:

  • After months of trying to “figure it out”, I got a huge piece of branding clarity about a new program I’m releasing.

  • Productivity has been off the charts.

  • I have the biggest waitlist to date!

  • Was led to new exercises and dietary adjustments after setting intentions about my vitality.

  • Started a blog hehe.

  • Inquiries for the next round of APEX are already coming through - I’ve been dreaming about this for years! (If you want to secure your seat, submit your application here and my team will set you up.)

  • Did tons of mindset and emotional work all week, nothing has been left to fester.

  • Relationship improvements (ie: deeper intimacy, improved communication, etc.) - historically, changes in my relationship were most evident after week 4, this time I’m seeing them week 1.

  • I’m having an abnormal amount of website traffic and social media engagement.

  • Received the most incredible testimonial from Slut Magic after doing mindset work on how the program is perceived (cough cough, Slut Magic is on pre-sale this week only - check it out here).

  • Danced… like a lot.

  • Accessed greater levels of pleasure and sensation in my body (this is important for money, visibility, success, and love).

  • My pelvic floor physical therapist confirmed a date for her guest lecture inside Slut Magic (coming this November).

  • Unexpectedly got a huge increase on my credit limit.

  • Oh! And my VA sent me the coolest message, she took a few pointers just from the APEX PDF (keep in mind this is not the protocol) and manifestations started rolling in the following week! How wild is that?! Look at the messages she sent me:

HOLY MOLY BATMAN! THIS IS JUST WEEK 1! STAY TUNED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT…

THE NEXT STORY IS TMI, STOP READING HERE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

The very first day of APEX, I decided to make my favorite soup - it’s a recipe I’ve made dozens of times and it’s a staple of my fall and winter diet. One pot of this particular soup lasts me about 4 days.

Now… when I say week 1 is detox week, I mean that in every sense of the word. Generally speaking, I experience improvements in my digestion within the first 7 days of APEX. Changes are to be expected, but what happened next was not exactly what I had in mind.

It all started Day 2 when I ate my soup as usual and also happened to have about 6oz of kombucha. Shortly after, my stomach became extremely bloated and I had gas pain that made it nearly impossible to sleep. I laid in bed, sweating and contorting my body in an attempt to get relief until 1 or 2am when I eventually dozed off.

The next morning, I concluded the kombucha was to blame and threw it out.

I had my typical morning meeting in the bathroom when I was horrified to discover uncharacteristically loose stool. The strangest thing about all of this was I hadn’t eaten anything out of the ordinary… As they day went on, I assumed the situation was resolved and my digestion would go back to normal.

Some time later, the abdominal pain returned. I could feel a massive amount of GI movement and began to panic as another heinous bathroom meeting commenced. What the fuck?

The abdominal discomfort would go away for awhile, only to return long enough to frighten me. Bear in mind, I had no other symptoms. Eventually, my health anxiety came to a crescendo and I decided to call my grandmother late that evening.

“What’s going on? Are you okay?” she asked.
”I’m sorry to call like this, would you mind telling me how I would be able to tell if I had appendicitis?”

After she talked me off the ledge, I was soothed until bedtime, only to have the same symptoms arise the following day. I spent hours contemplating what could possibly be causing this to no avail.

Day 5 was no different. For lunch, I heated my last cup of soup on the stovetop and added some extra broth since it wasn’t quite a full serving. I sat on the couch and gleefully sipped my soup while chatting with a girlfriend on the phone.

After another bathroom meeting that evening, I was truly perplexed - 4 days of this with no other symptoms and no dietary changes.

Until a memory struck me: while at Costco the previous weekend, I decided to grab a new brand of bone broth and used that as half the base of my soup. This specific bone broth was almost pure gelatin.

I felt the impulse and took to Google: does bone broth cause diarrhea?

Unbeknownst to me… it turns out bone broth is a natural diarrhetic. BONE BROTH IS A NATURAL DIARRHETIC.

Here I am, blissfully eating huge bowls of laxative soup every night, while I’m unknowingly inducing a full blown colon cleanse.

You should see all the articles on bone broth:

“If you’re having diarrhea, you should reduce your intake.”
”You should avoid consuming too much since it can cause diarrhea!”
”Bone broth is full of magnesium!”

So anyway… I wanted a detox and I certainly got one. *sigh*

That’s all for now!