The Hidden Impact of Swimming, Antibiotics, and Accutane: Addiction, Anxiety, and Gut Health - My Husband’s Healing Story

I’ve shared so much over the years about my boys’ healing journeys. About the years of struggle, battling every symptom that made us feel like something was wrong but no one could give us answers. The unhealthy poops, the rashes, the constant restless sleep, the allergies, the speech delays, the meltdowns and behavioral struggles that left us questioning everything. And how, through it all, rebalancing their guts didn’t just completely heal their bodies... It changed our entire lives. It changed me as a mother, and as a woman.

But one part of the story I haven’t told enough… is my husband Ty’s.

When we first started rebalancing our family, it wasn’t just about the kids. Ty was quietly carrying decades of symptoms that, at the time, felt totally normal.

He grew up as a competitive swimmer which meant constant chlorine exposure, chronic ear infections and round after round of antibiotics, year after year. Then came the teenage acne, the Accutane, the antidepressants, and the sleeping medications. The list just kept growing.

It wasn’t until we adopted a microbiome lifestyle (the one that healed out boys)  that everything finally started to make sense for Ty. The decade of addiction, anxiety, depression, the constant food cravings, and the feeling that he was never fully present in his own body… it all traced back to the same root. Gut health touches every single part of who we are.

This week, Ty is joining me on the podcast for a raw, vulnerable conversation about his journey. We’re diving deep into his past, and how for the first time in his life, he’s living medication-free and thriving.

If you’ve ever wondered how your childhood exposures, gut health, or even your own microbiome might be influencing your mental health, your cravings, your hormones, or your child’s health… this episode is for you.

Coming from a man who was very skeptical in the beginning, someone who questioned whether any of this could really heal our boys, let alone change his own life, his story is living proof that it absolutely can. 

P.S. This might be THE episode to sit down and listen to with your partner, especially if they are on the fence about all of this microbiome talk. 👇🏼

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Sending love and wellness from my family yours,
xx - Juniper Bennett
Founder of ōNLē ORGANICS