WELLNESS
THE WONDERS OF CBD:
HOW CBD HELPED LEAH SUAREZ CONQUER ANXIETY & PAIN BY N ICA N OR G ORD O N
LEAH MARÍA SUÁRE Z S W E A R S BY C B D. S H E U S E S I T F O R A N X I E T Y, PA I N R E L I E F A N D A S A S L E E P A I D. S H E R E C O M M E N D S I T T O E V E R YO N E
use, not only was she pain-free, but her anxiety had
W H O W I L L L I S T E N . A N D, S H E G I V E S I T T O T H O S E S H E
completely melted away. Her mind had stopped racing,
C A R E S F O R M O S T.
and she began sleeping soundly.
T H E 3 8 Y E A R O L D, M E X I CA N A M E R I CA N M U S I C I A N , E N T R E P R E N E U R , AC T I V I S T A N D N O N - P R O F I T FOUNDER, SPENDS MOST OF HER TIME BETWEEN MEXICO CITY AND HER HOME BASE IN CHARLESTON,
SHARING CBD FOR HEALING Completely sold on the benefits of CBD, Suárez soon
S O U T H CA R O L I N A . S H E ’ S A C O N S U LTA N T A N D E V E N T
introduced the powerful alternative remedy to her
P L A N N E R T H R O U G H H E R C O M PA N Y, D E L A L U Z ,
ailing mother.
A N D S H E A L S O T E AC H E S WO M E N O F C O L O R F R O M C H A L L E N G E D B AC KG R O U N D S . U N D O U B T E D LY, S U Á R E Z L I V E S A H E C T I C L I F E .
Her mother suffers from an unfortunate number of conditions, including multiple sclerosis, asthma and anxiety, as well as ongoing stress from childhood traumas. To manage it all, she had lived on a cocktail of drugs for many years. This, of course, came with a large
HER CBD JOURNEY Strongly against the use of prescription medicine and beta-blockers, she was first introduced to CBD by other musicians as a natural way of managing anxiety. The CBD worked. But, after she found herself diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, she dove head first into a full-
assortment of side effects. Suarez slowly began introducing CBD into her mother’s lifestyle, and in no time, started cutting back the number of drugs she was taking. Today, Suárez says, CBD has profoundly transformed her mother’s life. "I can hear it in her voice… I've seen her entire personality change," she shares.
fledged CBD lifestyle. Rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune disease, is typically treated with steroids. After researching the effects of a lifetime of steroid use, Suárez knew she had to look outside the traditional route. “I was hellbent on finding a solution that worked for me," she says. So, when her physiotherapist recommended she try CBD, she was willing to give it a shot. While a topical CBD ointment worked to relieve her knee and back pain, the real watershed moment came when Suarez got her hands on CBD oil. After two weeks of routine 12
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SHE BELIEVES IN THE MAGIC OF CBD SO MUCH THAT SHE HAS EVEN BEGUN SELLING THE OIL. Driven,
multifaceted
and
equally
caring
and
compassionate, Suarez says sharing CBD is incredibly easy… Why? There’s no doubt in her mind, she says, that CBD can profoundly change people's lives.
