Healing doesn't always look the way we expect, and it rarely happens all at once.

In the final part of Rebecca's three-part story, we explore what long-term healing looked like after stepping fully into a gut-centered, holistic approach for her daughter's severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis. This episode focuses on the slow, steady work of rebuilding the immune system, restoring gut health, and creating an environment where healing could actually take root.

Rebecca shares how food, sourcing, detoxification, nervous system regulation, and community support became the foundation for her daughter's recovery, and how this journey reshaped the health of their entire family. This conversation is about patience, trust, and learning to measure progress differently when you're healing from chronic illness.

This episode brings Rebecca's story full circle and offers hope to parents who are deep in the day-to-day work of supporting a child with autoimmune disease.

• How gut health became the cornerstone of healing juvenile idiopathic arthritis

• The role of the GAPS diet in immune regulation and inflammation reduction

• Why healing from autoimmune disease is non-linear and deeply individual

• Food sourcing, nutrient density, and reducing environmental stressors

• Supporting detox pathways through daily habits and lifestyle choices

• Navigating school, social situations, and food boundaries during healing

• How emotional regulation and nervous system support affect physical healing

• The importance of consistency, patience, and parental leadership

• How community support sustained their family through a long healing journey

• What life looks like now and how this experience changed everything

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When the standard treatment plan doesn't feel right, what happens next?

In Part 2 of Rebecca's three-part story, we continue her family's journey after her daughter's devastating diagnosis of severe juvenile idiopathic arthritis. This episode explores what happened when Rebecca chose to step outside conventional care and pursue a radically different approach. An approach rooted in nutrition, detoxification, gut health, and environmental changes.

Rebecca shares the emotional weight of making high-stakes decisions for her child, the isolation that can come with choosing a nontraditional path, and the slow, often invisible work of supporting healing from the inside out. This conversation pulls back the curtain on what holistic healing actually looks like day-to-day, and why resilience, patience, and trust are essential when answers aren't immediate.

This episode is for parents navigating chronic illness, autoimmune disease, and the space between medical guidance and parental intuition.

This is Part 2 of a three-part story.

• What happened after Rebecca decided not to follow the initial medication plan

• The role of food, sourcing, and dietary changes in autoimmune healing

• Why gut health became a central focus in her daughter's recovery plan

• The emotional and financial toll of choosing an alternative path

• Navigating doubt, criticism, and fear while advocating for your child

• How detoxification and environmental awareness fit into their healing journey

• What holistic healing actually looks like behind the scenes

• Why progress isn't always linear and why that doesn't mean it isn't working

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What if your child looks healthy, happy, and pain-free, but their body is quietly fighting a war you can't see?

In Part 1 of this three-part series, Johanna and Peter sit down with Rebecca Hunter, mom of three and holistic medical mama, to share the beginning of her youngest daughter's journey with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), one of the most severe cases her doctors had ever seen. What started as a ballet teacher noticing limited ankle movement slowly unraveled into a diagnosis that would change everything.

Rebecca walks us through years of subtle signs, dismissed concerns, long waits for answers, and the moment doctors finally told her that her daughter had arthritis in 17 joints, including her jaw and neck, despite never complaining of pain.

This episode is a powerful reminder that children adapt, compensate, and even suffer silently, and that trusting your gut can be lifesaving.

• The ballet class comment that first raised concern

• Being told, "Some kids just have less range of motion than other kids," and why that didn't sit right

• The moment Shriners Hospital pointed her family to a rheumatologist instead of an orthopedist

• Why children with chronic illness often don't complain

• Learning her daughter had arthritis in seventeen of her joints

• The shock of being told to inject a five-year-old with chemotherapy medication

• Doctors insisting that her daughter's body would deteriorate without medication

• The emotional weight of being told her child could end up wheelchair bound

💬 "I always assumed arthritis is a painful condition… but come to find out it can present differently, especially in children."

In Part 2, Rebecca shares the alternative paths they explored, the financial and emotional toll of searching for answers, and the turning point that forced them to reconsider everything.

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