even better at dodging sick season
my immune system hacks as someone who used to get sick all the freaking time
here’s what i’m covering in today’s letter in case you’re short on time :)
- the things i do to boost my immune system and pass colds quicker as someone who used to get sick a lotttt
- what i’m sipping/eating/supplementing/sleeping with/steaming
- two gorg cozy beyond belief recipes: an epic enchilada and sausage and veg soup
hiii i hope the holiday felt really good ♥️
i don’t wanna jinx myself but i am writing to you having successfully (pretty sure at least) dodged a weird cold despite many direct coughs to the face recently, which has been harder for me to master in recent years. i am my own client in all ways with food and take really good care in general (minus sleep, transparently, i don’t get enough consistently, but i think that is true for many moms slash people working extremely hard at something [not to glamorize hustle culture at all, i loveee rest too and relish in it]). anyways, last year and the year before i got sick more than i should have, and not just regular colds but like brutal deep lung colds where i’d cough so much i’d lose my voice, and so i doubled down extra hard at the top of 2025 during the fires here in LA on all things immunity to protect my lungs and it’s been paying off. i have been able to fight things off i hadn’t been, and clearing things quicker without them escalating. blessssss!
here’s what i’ve been up to to bolster my immune system that’s been working: