My Inert Life - Betsy Leighton

My Inert Life is a lifestyle blog for people with complex chronic illness that Betsy started in 2020 and describes her Mast Cell Activation Syndrome healing journey, offers tips and survival tricks for navigating the world with a complex chronic illness, and provides hundreds of recipes for special diets including low-histamine, gluten- and grain-free, low-sulfur, low-oxalate, refined sugar-free, nightshade-free, dairy-free, and soy-free recipes. In 2025 Betsy moved the My Inert Life content here.

Why inert?

/iˈnərt/
adjective, meaning chemically inactive.

My Inert Life is a celebration of NOT reacting to histamine, EMFs, and environmental triggers. Come along as I share what helped me to stop reacting to food and environmental triggers with low-histamine Keto recipes, tips, and tricks for living a non-reactive life!

This blog describes my journey with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) from experiencing a downward health spiral and only tolerating a dozen foods, to now being able to exercise and add new foods daily. Along the way, I remediated mold, moved to a new house, worked with a building biologist to create a home free of wifi, EMFs, unhealthy magnetic fields, and dirty electricity, treated underlying infections and toxicities, and created a life where I can thrive.

I chose the name My Inert Life after the frustration of reacting to just about everything, including healthy organic whole foods, essential oils, ordinary scents, emotional triggers, stress, electromagnetic frequencies, heat and cold, exercise, hormonal fluctuations, sleep disturbance, chemicals, barometric pressure changes, mold, dust, pollen, smoke, wool, air pollution, new product off-gassing, sunlight, colored light, insect venom, pressure, hypoallergenic makeup and jewelry, and many other things.

My reactions ranged from minor skin rashes to hives, from breathing difficulty to near anaphylaxis, from inflammation to digestive upset, from shortness of breath to tachycardia, and many others. I’ve experienced more types of migraines than I can name, and lived with chronic pain for decades before finding the triggers to keep it from happening.

My chronic illness journey

In 1990, I contracted Lyme disease and began a downward health spiral. I hit bottom in 2020 when I had several concussions and entered an undiagnosed Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) flare. I could only eat a dozen foods, reacted to multitudes of environmental stimuli, and couldn’t walk a block.

I decided that I had to find a better way, which led me to discover that I had MCAS and start my journey back to health.

I’m excited to share my healing path with you, to provide lifesaving tips for those experiencing chronic health challenges, and to empower you to find your own inert life!

What I tried

Along my healing path, I have tried just about everything available for MCAS, including:

Anthroposophical medicine
Liver/gallbladder cleanses
Infrared sauna
Detox baths
Herbal detoxifying
Binders and cleanses
Healing the gut*, and SIBO healing
GAPS Protocol, low histamine diet, gluten-free, dairy-free, nightshade-free, grain-free, soy-free, sugar-free, Primal diet, Paleo diet, low histamine diet, low oxalate diet, low salicylate, low FODMAP, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), anti-inflammatory diet, Supergut diet*, and Keto diet
LymeStop Treatment
Moving to a mold-free home and getting rid of most of my belongings
Herbal Lyme Disease protocols
EMF, magnetic field, and dirty electricity remediation
Frequency-Specific Microcurrent (FSM) and Healy
Five Element Acupuncture, traditional acupuncture, and chiropractic
Homeopathy
Massage, shiatsu, yoga, Pilates, and pain release protocol
Low Dose Immunotherapy (LDI)
Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN)
Parasite cleansing protocols
Intermittent fasting
Hyperbaric oxygen
Infrared light
Far/Near Infrared saunas
Ozone saunas and ozone insufflation
SSRIs, antibiotics, and triptans
Medical THC/CBD
Reiki, Cranio-Sacral treatment, Osteopathy, and Healing Touch
Forest bathing
Pranayama and sacred breath practices
Sound Healing
Crystals
Vagal toning, healing, and retraining
Forgiveness practice
Qi Gong
Castor oil packs
Intermittent fasting
Chi machine
Coffee enemas
Cranio Sacral Treatment (CST)
Osteopathic treatment
Cromolyn sodium
H1 and H2 blockers
Inositol Hexaphosphate (IP6)
Ketotifen
Methylene blue
Quantum Neuro Reset Therapy (QNRT)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Dynamic Neuro Retraining System (DNRS)
Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP)*
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Sacred Self-Healing
Circadian rhythm retraining

*Most helpful

What helped me heal

The things that were most helpful on my healing path were forgiveness, nervous system retraining with the SSP, re-alighning my circadian rhythm with natural light signaling, and healing my gut.

Check out my blog where I share stories about what I tried, what worked for me and what didn’t, and lower histamine and anti-inflammatory recipes, and tips for trying these healing modalities yourself.

Chronic Illness Support Coaching

Betsy offers one-on-one Chronic Illness Support Coaching to help you prioritize triggers and manage the everyday fatigue of having a chronic illness. This work is grounded in the Sacred Self-Healing Method, and Betsy teaches you the principles as you work together. Learn how to identify areas of your life needing healing so that the underlying emotional and spiritual aspects of your chronic illness can heal. Click here to learn more!

Caregiver Support Coaching

Betsy offers one-on-one Caregiver Support Coaching to help caregivers manage the daily challenges of helping a loved one through an illness while staying healthy, connected, and whole. Sessions include a check-in, a guided meditation to relax and become grounded, skill-building for your caregiving toolkit with time for practice, and priority setting. Click here to learn more!

Forgiveness Coaching

Betsy offers one-on-one and group forgiveness coaching based on A Course in Miracles to learn how to connect with your Spiritual Guide, your Inner Teacher, or the Holy Spirit, to give your forgiveness practice a boost, or to work in-depth on a particular forgiveness challenge. She is passionate about forgiveness and A Course in Miracles and has studied the Course since 2014. She provides one-on-one A Course In Miracles Coaching, workshops, and weekly guided meditations centered on A Course in Miracles teachings. Click here to learn more!

Frequency Healing and Coaching

Want to learn how Frequency Healing works, and how to use sound, light, crystals, and essential oils for healing? Schedule a Frequency Healing and Coaching session with Betsy here! Click here to learn more!

Try the Sacred Self-Healing Method!

If you are interested in applying the power of intention to healing an emotional, mental, physical, or spiritual aspect of your life then check out these powerful tools:

Betsy offers experiential Classes so you can learn the Sacred Self-Healing Method yourself. Click the link for more information.

I provide one-on-one in-person and remote Sacred Self-Healing Sessions based on the Sacred Self-Healing Method, a proven novel co-creative healing modality detailed in her Books. Click here for more information.

Check out this powerful frequency device

Healy is an individualized specific microcurrent device (ISM) that runs beneficial electrical currents directed by an app on your phone. Healy can be used to magnify your intention and to get the most out of your life. Check out this post for more about Healy. And this post for some tips and tricks for Healy.

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Disclaimer

The preceding material does not constitute medical advice. This information is for information purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, cure or treatment. Always seek advice from your medical doctor.

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