I didn't choose grief. But I chose what to do with it.
My name is Amanda. I'm a Holistic Nutritionist, a mother, and a woman who knows what it feels like to have your world shatter in an instant.
My son Dylan was 18 years old — full of life, full of laughter, and never sick a day in his life. On April 1, 2023, everything changed. He was diagnosed with leukemia. By the end of April, he was in remission. He went to prom. He graduated. He was living.
And then August came.
He relapsed. And despite everything — every treatment, every prayer, every ounce of fight he had — the doctors eventually told us there was nothing more they could do. He came home.
He spent 27 days with us.
Dylan passed on November 27, 2023 at 9:27am. He was 18 years old. And 27 was always his number — in every sport he ever played.
Since that day, 27 follows me everywhere. On clocks when I wake in the night. On receipts. On license plates. In moments that stop my breath. I don't believe in coincidence anymore. I believe it's Dylan, letting me know he's still close.
That's why this business is called Pure Heavenly 27. Because he is woven into every single thing I do here.
As a Holistic Nutritionist, I had always known that the body and the mind are deeply connected. Grief taught me how profoundly true that is. I felt it in my gut, in my sleep, in my hormones, in my nervous system screaming that something was wrong. And I knew — if I was feeling this in my body, so were the women around me who were grieving too.
So I combined everything I know — nutrition, nervous system regulation, breathwork, tapping, yoga, nature, mindset, and the spiritual belief that love does not end — into a holistic approach to grief healing that I wish someone had offered me.
I'm not here to tell you it gets easier. I'm here to walk alongside you while it is hard. To help your body cope with what your heart is carrying. To remind you that what you are feeling is normal. And to tell you — from someone who understands — that you are not alone.
— Amanda 💙
