Kristen Van Gilse (Organimama)

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681 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 16 Jan

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Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark · How One Mom Beat a Hidden Mold Infestation—Step by Step! | @the.organimama · 16 Jan 2026 podcast

Because we just didn't know what the plan was going to be.

And he ended up going back in in a hazmat suit with friends also in full PPE to sort through the belongings.

But I never stepped foot back in there.

And...

i think that's that's like grief i will always carry with me and we we do relate our mold loss to fire all the time yeah except the main difference between losing your house to mold versus losing your house to a fire is that most people do not understand if you lose your house to mold they're like well why couldn't you just like wash your stuff and we're like you you don't understand it's more complicated than that

It was really tough.

And I think that the nervous system is one of the things in the human body that is the most impacted by a mold devastation like this is you are changed as a person.

And the other thing that happens is when you're stuck in a moldy environment, it's kind of a snowball effect.

where you're stuck in mold, your body is being impacted by the mycotoxins, the mold spores, whatever is colonizing in your body, and it kind of depresses your nervous system to the point where you feel stuck.

And mold is highly associated with depression and anxiety.

And so if you're stuck in mold, it often can make handling that mold situation feel impossible because of the way it's impacting your nervous system and your whole body.

It changes your brain chemistry to the

not only have to fight through all of that to handle a mold situation, but also to get out of it and have to process, what did I just go through?

And where do I go from here?

And how can I be a good spouse, a good mom, a good human being, a good Christ follower after all of this?

It is hard.

I went to counseling and I heavily leaned on my Christian community for prayer and support of their mom friends because I was falling apart.

And

It felt like an impossible situation.

It was honestly really tough.

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