Monica Hershaft is a nationally recognized wellness advocate, bestselling author, motivational speaker, and founder of the Mystery Illness Movement. Raised Vegan, for ethical reasons, by a father who co-founded the Animal Rights Movement in the USA, After starting a detox program in 2000, she began experiencing debilitating symptoms— heart palpitations, digestive issues, severe insomnia, fatigue, and brain fog -that no doctor could explain. Despite years of testing, her lab results always came back normal, and she was repeatedly told her symptoms were “in her head.” The doctors suggested antidepressants as the only solution.


Refusing to accept that answer, Monica began exploring holistic approaches. Eventually, a holistic nutrition practitioner told her there was nothing that could be done to help her unless she was willing to eat animal protein. Though deeply difficult, that decision became the turning point in her healing journey leading to a complete recovery of her Mystery Illness.


Monica went on to become a holistic health & nutrition practitioner and opened a wellness center in Los Angeles. Realizing that Mystery Illness develops from many different underlying issues in different people, she now delivers a program and treatment plan that identifies the real underlying source of the imbalance causing symptoms. She uses applied kinesiology to determine the interference in the body, which is corrected with customized glandular support supplementation combined with organic, Paleo-based nutrition principles and lifestyle changes to eliminate the toxic burden.


Her work centers on the idea that healing begins when you identify and remove the true physiological blocks to healing before symptoms become disease. Her framework, the 5 Layers to Illness, outlines how most people today are experiencing symptoms far earlier on the disease chain than conventional medicine can detect—or validate—resulting in medical gaslighting for so many.

The 5 Layers to Illness: How to Support Lifelong Health—Before Symptoms Ever Start

Getting older doesn’t have to mean feeling worse and you can live longer and feel stronger by fixing the hidden dysfunction .

In this eye-opening session, holistic health expert Monica Hershaft reveals why so many people start to break down with age—even when their labs look “normal”—and how it doesn’t have to be that way. 

You’ll uncover the real, physical reasons behind brain fog, fatigue, joint pain, hormone issues, sleep problems, and more… and why they often start long before any diagnosis shows up on paper.

Monica will walk you through her groundbreaking “5 Layers to Illness” framework to explain exactly how your body gets symptoms in the first place—and how to start reversing them. From toxins that throw off your immune system to the foods that quietly feed pathogens in your body, and why it won’t show up in labs. You’ll gain a deeper understanding of what’s actually aging your body from the inside out.

If you want to stay sharp, strong, and independent well into your later years—and not end up managing a pile of meds or living in assisted care—this talk is your wake-up call. You’ll leave with simple, doable steps that support your body the way it was designed to work… so you can add years to your life and age with awareness.

To be announced

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