Every spring, you’ll hear it: “It’s just seasonal allergies.”

As if you’re supposed to smile while your face leaks, your head pounds, and your brain feels like it’s stuffed with damp cotton.

You don’t have to accept seasonal misery as inevitable.
You don’t have to nuke your immune system with meds that barely work and come with plenty of caveats.
You do have options.

Allergies are an immune system on high alert.
Pollen is just the match—your terrain is the fuel.
When your body is already inflamed, exhausted, and overstimulated, it doesn’t take much to tip you over the edge.

Start with the foundations.
Sleep matters more than any fancy protocol.
Movement clears stagnation and calms the nervous system.
Stress—especially chronic, simmering stress—makes everything worse.

Clean up your plate.
Focus on real food.
Local meats, healthy fats, plants you recognize.
If your body’s already reactive, ease up on dairy, gluten, and the ultra-processed junk that fans the flames.

Use herbal allies.
Nettles can help dry the endless drip.
Mullein, goldenrod, and eyebright support clearer breathing.
You don’t have to drink gritty teas—tinctures work fine.

Bring in nutrients that actually do something.
Quercetin (think apples, onions, berries).
Bromelain (from pineapple, or a supplement).
Vitamin C and B vitamins to buffer stress and inflammation.

Get practical.
Use a Neti Pot or sinus rinse.
Run a HEPA filter, especially where you sleep.
Change your clothes and shower before bed so you’re not marinating in pollen all night.
Keep windows closed when counts are high.

Seasonal allergies don’t have to define your life.
You deserve a season that doesn’t feel like an endless assault.
You have more leverage than you’ve been told.
If you’re ready to stop treating spring like a sentence and start building real resilience, I’m here when you are.