Category Archives: Tracy’s Journey

Birth of a New Me: Why I Decided to Cut Off My Dreadlocks

Tracy from The Love Vitamin lets go of her dreadlocks

Yes. Yesterday I had dreads… today… no more. Did I know that April 26th 2013 would be the day that my dreadlocks’ five year reign on my head would come to an end? No I did not. It just kind of happened out of no where. I was going to post about something completely different…

Top 6 Insecurities I Have About My “Image” & How to Stop Caring What People Think

This dog don't give a dang what other people think

Something I’ve been thinking about lately is the concept of images. These are the things in our lives – objects, people, clothes, concepts – that we are attached to, that we take on into ourselves and use them make up this image in our minds of who we are and how we want to be…

My Mental Breakdown Over Factory Farms & Things Made in China

Samsara

Okay, so the other night, I watched a movie that deeply affected me. It’s called Samsara. You know that saying “A picture is worth 1000 words?”… well I think that saying was made for this film. It’s a completely non-verbal, non-narrative movie that takes you through scene after scene of stunning imagery from around the…

Everything You Could Possibly Ever Want to Know About Tracy’s Personal Life

Tracy

Last time I posted, I asked you to give me your suggestions for what you want me to write about here at The Love Vitamin! And I’m pleased to say there were tons of awesome suggestions, and I feel equipped to write to my heart out now. But where to start?? Well, I did get quite…

My Repressed Emotions Over Acne Suddenly Came to the Surface Last Week (in front of my friends!)

Emotions rising to the surface

In my last video, I told you all about my wonderful time on the off-grid island community of Lasqueti. It was a very inspirational time, and it also was a very strong time for self awareness and growth. One particular awareness experience did happen to relate to my skin and my acne and the related…

My Tales of Food Inspiration from Off-Grid Lasqueti Island

Lasqueti Island

I just got home from an amazing blissful adventure, where I rode my bike 75 kilometres all by myself to visit some friends on a completely off-the-grid island called Lasqueti. Seeing how my friends lived and ate off-grid was very inspiring. They used composting toilets, got their power from solar panels, had huge gardens and…

Sooo… How Did Tracy’s Liver Flushing Experiment Go?

How the Liver Flush Went

All I can say is… wow. That SUCKED! Seriously… that was by far the most unpleasant thing I’ve ever done in the name of “health”. Unless I see some seriously miraculous and amazing results from it over the next while, it’s safe to say I am NEVER doing that ever again. The Story of the…

Parasite Cleansing for Acne + How My Humaworm Parasite Cleanse Went!

Could you Have Parasites?

I just finished my first 30 day herbal parasite cleanse. Why? Do I have parasites, you ask? Well… maybe. I haven’t been diagnosed with parasites. But many believe that almost everyone has parasites to some degree. Which I guess I don’t think is all that far fetched otherwise I probably wouldn’t have bothered doing a…

Why Does Acne Make Me Feel So Trapped?

Trapped by Acne

One of the reasons that acne makes me feel so trapped (ala Monday’s post) is that I realize I’ve always been a bit addicted to the feeling of total and complete freedom. Basically, I hate commitments and I love unstructured free time. I don’t know if that’s exactly weird… I’m guessing most people would prefer…

I Really Have to Start Taking My Emotional Health Seriously

sad

So, I’ve noticed that I get into this little pattern with my acne. Every once in a while, I will go through a streak where I won’t eat up to my usual standards, and, frankly, I’ll like it. Usually this happens at some point when it’s inconvenient to eat properly – Christmas, on vacation, etc….