Your Path Is Your Own — But You’re Not Alone

Every body is different—literally. That’s not a catchphrase. It’s biology.

On our social media posts and in this blog, you’ll see the image above. This image represents an idea very important to me - that is, what works for one many not work for another—and that’s okay. That’s why I don’t hand out prescriptions, protocols, or rigid rules. The insights I share at Fasting in Paradise are designed to inspire, not instruct. They’re rooted in the wisdom and research of scientists like Dr. Jason Fung, Dr. Mindy Pelz, and Nobel Laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi—not to dictate your path, but to illuminate it.

Because how much, how often, when, and whether you implement any of these tools depends on your own physiology, your stress load, your season of life. Your needs will change. That’s natural. Healing is not a straight line, it’s a rhythm—and the most important wisdom you can follow is your own. I’m not purporting to be an expert. I’m just passionate about sharing the knowledge I’ve gleaned from my own research and experience in the hopes that it can help someone else. We don’t have to do this alone.

So please, use what you learn here as a compass, not a map. Honor your body’s signals. Let your intuition sit in the driver’s seat.

While we each walk a very personal wellness path (you do you!)—there’s one thing we all share, whether we’re just beginning or deep into the journey: we are all living in a world that exposes us to more toxic inputs than ever before.

The Universal Burden of Modern Life

No matter your age, your diet, your zip code, or your health philosophy, there’s one reality we can’t escape: our world has changed. We no longer live in an environment that our biology evolved for.

We now breathe air filled with microplastics. Drink water tainted with pharmaceutical runoff. Absorb endocrine disruptors from receipts, packaging, and personal care products. Eat food that’s been sprayed, processed, or genetically modified—often all three.

We sit under flickering artificial light, swipe through dopamine-drenched scrolls, and rarely let our bodies rest without interruption. Even our sense of safety—essential for deep healing—is constantly under threat from alerts, alarms, and the pressure to “keep up.”

And the burden is cumulative. These exposures don’t just vanish. Like water dripping steadily into a barrel, they build up in our tissues and cells—quietly filling our capacity to detox and regulate. Functional medicine expert Dr. Stephen Cabral describes this as The Rain Barrel Effect: your body can handle quite a bit—but eventually, the barrel overflows because of the sheer amount of toxic exposure. That overflow is when symptoms begin—fatigue, brain fog, inflammation, digestive issues, hormone imbalance, even chronic disease. The problem isn’t just what’s in the last drop. It’s everything that came before it, silently accumulating until your body can no longer compensate.

So What Can We Do?

We can’t go back in time. But we can step out of the current. Even briefly, to empty the barrel.

That’s the heart of Fasting in Paradise.

Our retreats are designed to give your body the space it needs to remember how to heal (because it DOES remember, and it CAN heal, we just have to give it the right environment)—by removing the noise, the pressure, and the toxic inputs that keep it in defense mode.

It’s not just about what you don’t eat. It’s about what you don’t absorb while you’re here:

• No pesticides in the sheets or water.

• No endocrine disruptors in the air or soaps.

• No flickering blue lights in your bedroom.

• No artificial scents, EMFs, or decision fatigue.

Just clean stillness. Gentle rhythms. Mineralized water. Sunlight. Nature. Rest.

We may all be different as women, but this is our common ground.

We’re not here to shame modern life—but to offer a reset from it. Because whether you’re running marathons or just trying to make it through the week, your body deserves a break from the barrage. An opportunity to empty. To return to its natural state of magnificence.

So yes, your path is your own. But you’re not walking it alone. You share this moment in history with every woman who feels overstimulated, overburdened, and ready to return to herself.

At Fasting in Paradise, we believe that healing is personal. But the need for it? That’s universal. So come join us. 

Fasting in Paradise. Where the body remembers how to heal.