How to Navigate Mold as a Sensitive

04/01/22 • 0 min

Season 2 Episode 26

In Season 2 Epsiode 26 Jessi dives into the daunting topic of mold. She tells the story of her personal experience with mold exposure and how it has vastly affected her life from a young age. She discusses the wide range of symptoms that may manifest as a result of mold exposure and what we can do to identify them. Mold often goes unnoticed and as Sensitives, we may be the only ones who feel the physical or mental symptoms of mold exposure. Jessi discusses how to navigate this challenge as well as how to properly test and eradicate mold from both your home and your body. She touches on the importance of sourcing the right people to help with this, as the average mold removal process in American today is inaffective and could actually cause more harm then good. This episode serves as an overall introduction to the topic of mold exposure, a very important consideration when returning to your Authentic Calm.

Topics Discussed:

What symptoms may manifest as a result of this exposure? 00:2:00
How you can be exposed to mold in our day-to-day lifes? 00:03:06
How to properly test for mold in your home, who to trust when going about this process and why most mold removal companies don't serve your long term best interest? 00:26:19
How to ensure your body is rid of a mold infection after the exposure? 00:33:10

Quotes:

"The mold piece of the puzzle really I'm understanding now, has been the foundational layer to everything for me. I think it's actually what took my immune system beyond what it could handle and kind of broke down my body."

"One of the main symptoms of mold exposure is exhaustion, especially for sensitive. So if you're feeling really exhausted at home, that's a big sign that you're being exposed. The home is your number one priority & it's important to test your home."

"Mold can be pathogenic, meaning that it can take up residence inside of you and colonize and grow, but not all mold is toxic. So the specific strains that are toxic are the ones that release as mycotoxins. We want to be really be cautious of these. So when we go into the home and we test for mycotoxins, we're testing to see if those specific toxins are being released into the air and then from there you get the results and they will give you a really, really long remediation plan."

"You need to test your body. You need to see what's going on because if you're being exposed to mycotoxins there's a high chance that you're holding onto them. Cause a lot of mycotoxins do not clear naturally you actually have to push them out."

Links Mentioned: Michael Rubino , EMMA testing , ERMI testing , We Inspect , Dr. Jill , QuickSilver Scientific , Mold Finders Podcast

Previous Episode

Why Do We Distrust Our Bodies?

Season 2 Episode 25 Jessi dives into the reasons we struggle to trust our bodies as Sensitives. She discusses why relying on an external source to interpret your body's messages isn’t in your best interest and that despite what we have been taught throughout life, your body is not something that needs to be managed or controlled but honored and respected. Jessi gives advice on how to navigate the messages that we receive from our body and ultimately regain trust and connection to the vessel that gives us life.

Topics Discussed:

How did we arrive at a place of distrust?
Who or what does this distrust benefit?
Why our society's simplified approach to the body does not work, especially for Sensitives.
How to regain your natural ability to trust and hear your body.
How to identify where you're distrust and disconnection lies.

Quotes:

"It's like, our body is as a wild animal and we need to domesticate this animal. It's not safe. We don't know what it's going to do at any point. Turn on us. And as a result, there's this fear that's built that prevents us from trusting, from leaning into our experiences from believing that our body actually has the answers - ultimately, identifying with the concept that our body is intelligently and intentionally created in order to sustain itself that our body's always moving towards healing, always moving towards homeostasis and is always on our side."

"We are more complex. It is not a plus B equals C. It's never that simple. And then add on your sensitivity, right. Those that are sensitive cannot even live within that A plus B equals C world. We do not fit into those boxes and those interpreters have no idea what to do with us because they haven't received any training other than what fits their boxes for those that are on the lower end of the sensitivity spectrum."

"But that's always a red flag and it's a mirror back to me that I am starting to treat my body like a robot. I'm starting to treat my body like a product, not like a living, breathing biological system. We need to respect the wildness of our body. We need to respect the natural needs of our body and not see them as a hassle, not see them as something to be managed, and definitely not see it as something to domesticate."

Next Episode

Mold Toxicity in the Home with The Mold Medic Michael Rubino

Season 2 Episode 27

Continuing on the topic of mold, on this weeks episode Jessi sits down with Michael Rubino, a leader in the mold and remediation space. Having helped over 1000 families restore their health after mold exposure, Michael and his team at All American Restoration are leading the change in an industry that has gone unchallenged for far too long. Jessi and Michael discuss how to identify mold in your home and Michael dives into the effective way he and his company work with families to permanently eliminate mold from their homes. They discuss the ramification of taking the easy way out when it comes to dealing with exposures and why so many people are taken advantage of this within this industry. Michael shares his vision of making safe and effective mold remediation more accessible. This is a great follow up to last weeks episode, as topics are discusses more in-depth and Michael shares his invaluable knowledge and expertise after years in the industry.

Topics Discussed:

Both Jessi and Michael share their personal experience with mold and Michael discusses what lead him into the work he does today. [00:10:02]
What is mold and when does it become a health concern? [00:19:37]
What are some steps you can take yourself to identify mold in your home? [00:30:39]
How to find the right companies for both mold testing and mold remidiation? [00:47:47]

Quotes:

"After hurricane Sandy happened in the Northeast, where I'm originally from, I started seeing patterns of people getting sick and that's when I began trying to understand why this was happening and trying to wrap my head around what I can do about that." - Michael Rubino

"Knowledge is power. I think that this is going to take time and I want to be forthright about that. But as this time is taken and we all learn more, we're going to do better. And by doing better, we're going to be better. That's really what it comes down to." - Michael Rubino

"They're driving in circles, they're not getting better and they're losing hope. Those are the people that my heart breaks for and those are the people I get up every day for. Every single person that finds this information can do something with it and start getting better." - Michael Rubino

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