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Who Am I-and Why Do I Do This Work (Part Three)
Part One details my history in Korea, the connection with my grandparents, and how I learned about health from my earliest experiences. Part Two shares my journey through pharmacy and research, my early health challenges, like my heart attack at 33, and subsequently the diagnosis of mold toxicity.
Part Three is about the connection — and the truth behind the connection to my deeper recovery after my mold recovery and subsequent lessons learned that became the Encore Method.
The Truth About My Illness
Following my heart attack, I worked with a functional medicine doctor who helped guide me through the multilayered peeling.
My labs were alarming:
- High Aspergillus antibodies
- Bartonella positive, Mycoplasma pneumoniae positive
- Epstein-Barr virus positive
- Heavy metal toxicity
In addition
These things didn't come off overnight.
It took me two years to stabilize — but then I was re-exposed to toxic mold in 2018–2019 when I moved into a new home with dirty vents, black mold, and humidity — yet another storm for my system to face.
The only reason I bounced back much quicker was that I started lipid replacement therapy, consistent cellular support over two years, and a lifestyle change to support my body. To ease inflammation and symptoms, we need to restore cell membranes.
But this wasn't all — further reality hit me. My mental health at that time wasn't good either.
The Triggers
I realized this during COVID. I was triggered by stress to the point that I recognized issues I had in my relationships and how I struggled to manage my own nervous system. Thus, hints of trauma I never knew before just started resurfacing. It wasn't until three years of therapy that I understood this bigger picture: I had unresolved childhood trauma, and familial dysfunction was still alive in my biology.
Science shows that if mothers are stressed during pregnancy, they imprint cortisol patterns onto their babies. If the maternal side had heavy metal issues or infections, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) carry these factors forward. Additionally, if they're emotionally unavailable or if there's dysfunctionality in the household, the child's nervous system learns early on that life is not safe/worthy/comfortable.
This occurred when I was reunited with my parents. I grew up in an unsafe home environment. With the connection of mold exposure as well, this created a precarious position for neuroinflammation, gut dysbiosis, and dysfunctional systems stuck in survival mode.
It wasn't until much later, through therapy, reading Van der Kolk's The Body Keeps The Score, and recollecting my narrative, did I realized how this significantly impacted my health and overall vision for life.
The Bigger Picture
What did I learn?
Mold, parasites, infections, sure, they're important. However, they're only part of the narrative.
The terrain of the body, the redox potential, cellular energy system is where it starts.
Childhood trauma, unresolved stressors, and concepts of an unsafe environment dysregulate the nervous system, which prevents detoxification and creates cellular error.
This is why those afflicted with mast cell activation syndrome, hypersensitivity, or mold illness never really improve with protocolling alone. Because deep down inside at the cellular level, they are stuck within Dr. Robert Naviaux's Cell Danger Response — and nothing will hold until that changes.
The Encore Method
Therefore, this is why I created the Encore Method it isn't about detoxing per se, it's addressing these six layers inextricably connected that rebuild the terrain of health:
- Environment — Safe air, water, light, and EMF hygiene, and correcting unstable environments that cause further stress-triggered issues; circadian alignment
- Nervous system regulation — Breathwork, somatic therapies, EMDR, cognitive behaviour therapy
- Cellular health — Mitochondrial membranes must be repaired to restore redox and quell innate immune reactions triggered by the Cellular Inflammation
- Optimizing Detox Pathway — Supporting liver, kidneys, lymphatic, bile flow, and gut
- Rebalance Microbiome — terrain first, then microbiome imbalance, mold, bacteria, virus, and parasite
- Enhancing resiliency — on top of maintaining mental resiliency and strength going forward
When these layers are rehabilitated from the ground up, you're not just suppressing symptoms; you restore frequency, energy, and coherence.
Why This is Important
Thus, from my experience, healing isn't about manipulating clients for supplements or addressing only the newest trend. It's about providing safety from an emotional standpoint to a biological one to ease elements so that their bodies can do what they want to do best: heal!
That's why I share my story; It doesn't matter if it's mold or infection or trauma or all of it, healing is possible. Not because of who I am, but because of how God created everyone to be when given the opportunity.
Thus concludes Who Am I?
Next week starts Circadian Biology and Why this is important first step to proper cellular recovery.
Stay tuned.
Gratefully yours,
John Kim, Pharm.D.
Why BodyBio Matters for Cellular Renewal and Inflammation
After I became sick in 2015, one of the biggest lessons I learned on my healing journey was this: true recovery begins at the cellular level. When your cells are inflamed or their membranes are damaged, your entire body struggles - energy drops, detox stalls, and chronic symptoms linger.
That’s where BodyBio became an essential part of my own recovery. Their supplements focus on restoring the foundation of health - cell membrane integrity, balanced fats, mitochondrial energy, and detox support. By repairing the communication system between cells and reducing inflammation, the body can finally shift out of survival mode and back into healing.
Key steps of renewing cellular health with BodyBio:
- Phospholipids (like BodyBio PC): rebuild and strengthen cell membranes so nutrients get in and toxins get out.
- Specialized fatty acid blends (Balance Oil): restore the right omega balance to calm inflammation and protect tissues.
- Detox and antioxidant support (Glutathione, Tudca, Liposomal C): reduce the burden on your cells so they can focus on repair.
These are not quick fixes, but necessary building blocks. I’ve experienced first-hand how repairing cell membranes, restoring fatty acid balance, and calming inflammation can rebuild vitality and resilience from the inside out.
If you’ve been struggling with fatigue, chronic inflammation, or “mystery” health challenges, supporting your cells the right way may be the missing piece. That’s why I continue to recommend BodyBio as a trusted partner in cellular renewal.
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