Hi ya’ll,

I just got back from Chicago where I connected with my friend Dr. Jennifer Mercier, who teaches Mercier Therapy. For anyone who is facing some obstacles on the conception journey, I would strongly encourage you to check out her work. I’m a trained Mercier Therapist at Willow Haus.

I also earned my Certificate of Proficiency in Pediatric and Family Chiropractic by completing the 80-hours of postdoctoral training sponsored by the Life University Department of Postgraduate Education and The Pediatric Experience and passed all exams and the final practical!

Over this last weekend, the training included a deep dive into the science of what is called The Perfect Storm and the 10D Model of Subluxation, teaching doctors the exact mechanisms and neurology behind why so many kids get so sick and stressed so early in life. Additionally, the training focused on advanced levels of Analysis, Case Management, and what’s called the Neuro-Tonal Adjusting approach.

So if you’re a parent or if you have a small kiddo in your life, I would encourage you to check the PX Docs Directory.

xo,

LC

Lindsey at The Pediatric Experience

Hi ya’ll,

I’m so sorry I’ve been gone the past two weeks. I’ve been busy with the BIRTHFIT Coach Seminar and I’m currently in Chicago with the Pediatric Experience Group to be certified in the PX Neuro-Tonal Adjusting System. If you’re looking for nervous system based chiropractors for children, check out the PX Docs Directory.

I often get lots of questions about COVID research. I would encourage you to do your own digging. Here are some resources that have been helpful to me:

• Follow my friend Dr. Jennifer Mercier (@dr.jennifer.mercier). She has been studying how COVID and the pokey affects women’s cycles. If someone tells you that there are no side effects, they are straight up lying to you.

• Read The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

• Watch the Candace Owens Series on vaccines

XO,

LC

Hi ya’ll,

Just a quick update on what’s been going on lately. We had the amazing Lily Nichols speak at our BIRTHFIT Leader Meeting last week. If ya’ll don’t know her, get to know her. She’s done so much research for women’s health, specifically around pregnancy, postpartum, and even gestational diabetes. We had her come and speak on some of her latest research, which was focused on proteins and amino acids.

There’s no reason to be counting anything—macros or calories—especially during the motherhood transition. More times than not with women, I see that they need more food and more protein. For example, I aim to get 100-150 grams of protein a day. I really encourage you to think about upping your protein game.

If you’re somebody who is trying to lose weight, then I’d focus on other areas. I’d focus on how you can incorporate more movement throughout your day and explore your relationship with food. Whenever I work with clients who want to lose weight, I don’t limit anything. I think that it’s a very limiting and fear-based mindset to be in. With anything, we need to choose to be in abundance.

The work of Marc David at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating that is another great resource. Listen to our interview on the BIRTHFIT Podcast here.

XO,

LC

Hi ya’ll,

This week I want to continue our Coffee Talk conversation on raw milk. I find it interesting that there is such a negative picture of a product from an animal that was revered as sacred in so many cultures around the world. Frankly, we would not be here if our ancestors did not consume raw milk.

If you are someone who has not tried raw milk from a cow or goat before, I would encourage you to do so. You many need to clean up your diet first by taking out processed foods, fast food, and alcohol for a little bit. Get the inflammatory stuff out of your system for 30 days, and then start reintroducing raw milk and fermented milk products into your diet. What I initially did was reintroduce grass-fed butter and goat’s milk.

The more I read about dairy, the more the cow becomes sacred. Raw milk is such a luxury and medicine. I encourage you to start shifting your perception around diary if you have a negative one. Reset your diet, reset your belief system around dairy, and contact your local farmers.

XO,

LC

Hi ya’ll,

Happy Coffee Talk! This week I’m sharing my relationship with milk and raw milk, which is definitely intertwined with my own health and wellness journey.

My birth experience was this: I was born a month early, and they put me in the NICU and started feeding me soy formula. So I was not breastfed. The marketing at that time was that formula can be just as equal to breast milk—it has the same vitamins and nutrients and was convenient. Both of my parents remember that I kept vomiting everyday. I couldn’t keep the soy formula down.

Fast forward a little bit. I was on the standard vaccine schedule for kids at that time. My signs and symptoms of asthma developed after a vaccine injection. I’ve worked with many healers over the years, and what we’ve come to is that my birth experience and the things that have happened in the first two years of my life have been a perfect storm of things that have contributed to the diagnosis of asthma in my health history.

The first thing I was introduced to in the health and wellness world was eliminating diary because it contributes to snotty nose, allergies, and histamine reactions. So I eliminated commercial dairy. And my symptoms were alleviated almost immediately.

What I’ve done recently is adding raw goat’s milk back into my diet when I lived in Venice, CA—and that seemed to be great. Then slowly I started adding raw cow’s milk back into my diet, and there was no increase in asthma symptoms. Over the last 2 years or so, I’ve heavily included raw milk into my diet—that means I cook with it and drink it. Over the last 2-3 months, I’ve started incorporating more fermented raw milk products.

The reason I wanted to share about this and get this conversation started is because what my intuition was telling me was, “Lindsey you need this stuff.” And it’s confirmed in the book The Untold Story of Milk: Green Pastures, Contented Cows, and Raw Dairy Products by Ron Schmid, ND.

The book cites many studies that show that fermented milk products have powerful bactericidal properties. Researchers also noted that ear and throat infections and pneumonia occurred far less often in the fermented milk fed infants and the hospital’s antibiotic expenses dropped by over 75% when fermented milk was introduced. Now do we think big Pharma had a role in getting rid of raw milk?

xo,

LC

Welcome to Coffee Talk!

What I want to encourage ya’ll to do—because I constantly encourage myself to do this—is to stay alert, to question everything, and to always challenge your internal belief systems. Have rituals and practices set up in place where you can constantly question yourself. As a female with a regular menstrual cycle, this is a really great time to reflect and review over the last month and to question my behaviors and practices.

I do believe we are in a time where we are waking up as a collective. We cannot rely on a for profit system to tell us the truth, especially one as big and influential as Big Pharma. Our collective has been programed by these institutions, propaganda, and fear to worship Big Pharma, and we’ve neglected the power that we have inside of us and turned that over to rely on external sources.

Just starting to question will allow you to take your power back. Question everything.

XO,

LC

Hi ya’ll,

Here’s another video update…

If you’d like to work with me right now, here are 3 of the best ways to do so:

1. In-person at Willow Haus

2. Virtually through the BIRTHFIT programs

3. I also offer a la carte consultations. These are single serving consultations with no packages or strings attached. If you have questions around your cycle, lifestyle practices, pregnancy, birth, postpartum healing, or anything in between, a consultation might be a really great option. Initial consultations (40-45 minutes) are $150, and follow up consultations (20-30 minutes) are $79. I’m currently taking about 3-5 consultations a week, and I’m really enjoying them. Please email hello@lindseykmathews.com to schedule.

We’ve also re-launched the BIRTHFIT Podcast after more than a year of hibernation. Check it out the latest episode here!

XO,

LC

Hi ya’ll,

I’m going to be doing some videos for the next couple of weeks to keep ya’ll updated. So what’s been going on in my life…

I’ve been caffeine free for two weeks. I feel really good. I do caffeine/coffee breaks probably about 3-4 times a year because I know it’s necessary. I don’t like when my body gets dependent or addicted or it feels like it must have something. I like to keep myself on my toes and I’d encourage you to do the same. If you must have that glass of wine at night, you probably shouldn’t. If you must have coffee in the morning, like I was, then you probably need to stop.

We are opening an office in New Braunfels, TX. Be sure to check out Willow Haus! I grew up in New Braunfels so it’s coming full circle to be back in my hometown after 20 years. I’m really stoked to be here and to serve the community of New Braunfels and to bring a wellness shift throughout the community.

We also have our BIRTHFIT Coach Seminar coming up at the end of February. Make sure you’re signed up for the online BIRTHFIT Education because you have to be in that in order to come to the seminar.

I’ll share more in the future so stay tuned!

XO,

LC

Hi ya’ll,

This week we are finishing up painting, putting together Thuli Tables, and decorating. We have also been calling to schedule lots of New Practice Members Evaluations starting next week. 🥳 I know when I say that I cannot wait to open and serve New Braunfels that Dr. Bria and Dr. Matt feel the exact same. Be sure to follow us on Instagram @willow_haus and signup for our newsletter.

XO,

LC

I am changing my last name. In the not so distant future, I will be Lindsey Mathews Cantu. 

Simmer on that a bit. 

As I mentioned, we discussed a lot prior to even getting in a relationship—changing my last name was definitely an early topic of conversation. 

I grew up with divorced parents. I have done the whole hyphenated last name deal as a child and teenager. I have gone through school with a different last name than my guardians. I don’t recommend it. When I turned 18 and moved out, I dropped all the hyphenated names. I wanted to step into Lindsey Keeler Mathews, the name I was given when I first stepped foot here on earth. This was a big deal for me in establishing my identity, values, boundaries, and how I wanted to show up in this world. At the time, it was me taking responsibility for myself. 

Fast forward to me, in this now moment, and I’m at peace with Lindsey K Mathews, AND I’m ready to step into Lindsey M Cantu.

I have this visual of the Russian stackable dolls, also known as babushka dolls. I will never lose the core of who I am or the essence of Lindsey K Mathews, while at the same time I’m ready to level up. I’m ready to step into a union of two souls becoming one.

When two souls come together as one, I view it as harmonizing. Each of us has values, belief systems, and goals. We each have masculine and feminine energy within us. And, coming together we create our values, belief systems, and goals together. At the same time, we navigate life’s obstacles and celebrations through consistently harmonizing the masculine and feminine energy dynamic that is alive within our relationship container. Lance and I are harmonizing our relationship container.

Yes, I have given the name change a lot of thought. Hello, my name is a website and up to this point in my adult life I have been known as Lindsey K Mathews. The name change is not only important to Lance, but to me as well. In my opinion, this signifies coming together and committing to each other to create our own little family. It is establishing a foundation of togetherness and as one unit, which is important to each of us as we are open to children, and we want us all to have the same last name.

I love my name Lindsey K Mathews, AND I’m ready to step into Lindsey M Cantu.

For those of you that are in a similar situation as me, I recommend that you deeply consider what a name change means to both of you. Yes, it’s an old tradition with various reasons why. Just like with anything in life you can determine your own reasons as to why you want to change your name or not. I love traditions, AND I also love exploring the reasoning behind traditions to see if I want to keep them in my life or let them go. You have the freedom to do the same.

If you’re changing your name like me, I’d recommend honoring your maiden name in some way. For example, I have a business with Keeler in the name. It makes me smile every time I see it on documents or bank accounts. It’s a reminder of what’s inside of me.

And note, this website won’t change. I’m changing my name legally, but some things like this website won’t change, but my Instagram has been updated and some of my other professional affiliations have already been updated. I’ll keep writing “Lindsey Mathews Cantu or Lindsey M Cantu” for a while until I feel this community has gotten the hang of it. Moving forward I’ll sign off with “LC.”

Thank you for being with me in my chapter as “Lindsey K Mathews” and I hope you continue with me as I step into “Lindsey M Cantu.”

XO,

LC