THE FOOD AND MUSIC RETREAT

Dear You,

I quit my day job in Salt Lake City, Utah in April 2015 to become a musician full-time.  My musical journey took me to 14 countries until I finally rested from my travels in 2019. I then started a business as a mentor for Lightworker Musicians, assisting my clients to overcome fears and personal barriers in order to live their dream as a musician, too. I was passionate about my mentorship work, and went to sleep every night feeling deeply fulfilled. 

Then I got sick.

Since 2019, I have been healing from a combination of life-threatening illnesses.  At one point, my body was so inflamed by the Epstein Barr virus, the streptococcus virus, the shingles virus, debilitating eczema, severe sinusitis, and neurological asthma (and a few other conditions) that it compromised my ability to breathe.  My care provider at the time admitted to feeling very nervous if I was going to live.  I chose to live, and took immediate action. The good news is that I am indeed healing.  I am using food as my medicine and Anthony William, the Medical Medium©, as my guide. Ok, I’ll tell more of the truth…food is not just my medicine. 

Because it saved my life, I have become magnificently OBSESSED with good foods.  I am riveted by the story of an apple, a papaya, a stalk of celery. My life saving friends, which is what I call fruits and vegetables now, are all sitting unassumingly in the produce aisle waiting for me to pick them up! I'm not alone in my obsession. Every day I watch facebook and instagram stories from the Medical Medium© community who are also healing chronic illnesses.  These are just ordinary people posting photos of themselves eating oranges, arugula salad, mangoes, sweet potatoes, bananas, and a myriad of other whole foods.  But what makes these posts spellbinding for me is that they aren't just about a lovely picnic lunch.  In over 100 countries, people like me are posting “BEFORE” and “AFTER” stories. These “before” stories, for example, detail the struggles of being bed-ridden from chronic back pain for 20 years, or being on thyroid medication for 10 years, or struggling with eczema since they were a baby, like me.  The “after” photos are after implementing Medical Medium© protocols and often include a sincere tearful thank you letter for Anthony William, the Medical Medium.  A once bedridden woman will post a selfie after hiking to the top of a mountain, or a man will publicize his doctor's lab test results approving him of getting off thyroid medication.  A child who has suffered from eczema is now smiling with a banana in his hand and with glowing skin.  

These healing stories don't happen overnight, which makes them even more captivating to me. Sometimes it takes weeks, months or years to heal.  So it's all about the daily choices these warriors must make.  It's all about replacing one kind of food with their better option.  It's about the extra minutes it takes, for example, to blend real frozen bananas and blueberries together to make your fruit popsicles rather than buying a box of popsicles from the store loaded with artificial flavors. Small choices make true warriors. I gather daily inspiration from these stories as I heal my own body. To give you more of an idea of the mesmerizing people who enthrall me every day, scroll through this list of conditions that I have personally seen healed in the Medical Medium© community since I started watching it in 2020.  And know that it’s not an exclusive list, I just had to start somewhere.  

LIST OF CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS I HAVE SEEN HEALED WITH MEDICAL MEDIUM©: (Listed in alphabetical order)

Acne Acid Reflux Addictions Allergies Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Asthma Adrenal Fatigue Anxiety Autism Autoimmune Disease Back Pain Bell’s Palsy Bipolar Disorder Bloating Bleeding Gums Blood-Sugar Imbalances Brain Fog Breast Implant Illness Candida Crohn's Disease Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Hunger Chronic Inflammation Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Colitis Constipation Depression Diabetes Eating Disorders Eczema Endometriosis Epilepsy Epstein-Barr Eye Floaters Fatigue Fatty Liver Fibromyalgia Fibroids Food Sensitivities Frozen Shoulder Gallstones and Gallbladder Disease Gout Gum Disease Gut Problems Hair Loss Hashimoto's Graves Heart Disease Herpes Virus High Blood Pressure Hormonal Imbalances Hypothyroidism Irritable Bowl Syndrome Insomnia Jaundice Kidney Stones and Disease Lichen Scleroses Lymphedema Lupus Lyme Disease Migraines Multiple Sclerosis Neurological Conditions Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) Parkinson’s Disease Physical Injuries That Won't Heal Psoriasis Reproductive Issues (Including Infertility) Rheumatoid and Psoriatic Arthritis Seasonal Affective Disorder Shingles Sinusitis Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) Streptococcus Teeth Problems Thyroid Nodules and Diseases Tinnitus Trigeminal Neuralgia Toxic Blood Urinary Tract Infection Vertigo Vitiligo Weight Issues 

Healing the natural way is a very slow process, but the great news is that it's working for me too!!! I started Medical Medium© protocols in October 2020, and although I'm not done yet, I am out of life-threatening danger, taking no medication or topical creams, and I am healing the root cause of my conditions. Using food as medicine, however, requires a dedicated practice of cutting out a list of "troublemaker foods" and replacing them with their better quality alternatives. You might not get excited about olives without natural flavors, cashews without canola oil, or sun-dried tomatoes without citric acid, but I do!!! Cutting out troublemaker foods means getting a little inconvenienced.  I can't get many of these items from my local grocery store. Why? Well, if you’re healthy, you have the luxury of not having to look at the list of ingredients on your products.  But if you are struggling with your health in any way, there’s a myriad of additives in our food that make healing from a chronic illness much, much harder on the body. And it makes healing feel like we're running on a hamster wheel. Getting a box of organic gluten-free oatmeal with no additives in the mail, for example, is cause for a HAPPY DANCE around my house that seriously lasts for days. Not even joking. It really happened spontaneously last time Amazon dropped a box of oatmeal at my front door!  Dancing for oatmeal was new for me, and probably was the moment when I realized I might have an obsession! 

I am not sponsored or affiliated with Anthony William, or the Medical Medium©, or anyone.  Anthony has never received a cent from me, actually.  He sells books, but I have gotten all of his books from the library.  If you are struggling with a chronic condition of your own, you are welcome to feel out the Medical Medium© tools for yourself and see how it all resonates.  Again, the act of avoiding troublemakers is not for everyone.  If you’re healthy, eat whatever you want!  Cutting out the troublemaker list is for the chronically ill to get some footing so their bodies can heal.  If you have gone to multiple doctors, been on multiple medications, can't find answers anywhere, and can't live your best lives because of being sick, I am sharing what is working for me.  

I am more than available to chat more about any of this. Healing my own body has become my passion so that I can live my truest obsession underneath it all.....TO LIVE MY DREAMS.  Gotta stay healthy so I can still carry that banner.  And now that I am actually getting healthier, I want to give back. I still love mentoring lightworker musicians with my whole heart, and now I get to eat good food together with you all, too!  So here we are. I am combining my passions: 

Food as medicine for the body

Music as medicine for the soul. 

And that's how the Food and Music Retreat was born.  

I'm sending much love and deep compassion to all who are struggling with their health, or with personal fears that are holding you back.  Here's to your wellbeing.... I'm excited to have you join us for this retreat.

You're not alone. 

WITH LOVE, 

Emily Potter 

Food Photo Credit: Medical Medium©  The Food and Music Retreat is an independent event that values the wisdom of Medical Medium©. Jason and Emily, the website, and the social media outlets are not sponsored, affiliated, funded, endorsed, or in any way associated with the organization known as Medical Medium©, a registered trademark owned by Anthony William, Inc.