Meet PJ Harlow

Today we’d like to introduce you to PJ Harlow.

Hi PJ, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
Thanks for having me, I’m PJ Harlow, & I’m a Holistic Mold Consultant, Cleaning & Decontamination Expert & a Certified Holistic Health Coach.

I started my company after my husband and I discovered hidden water damage & black mold (Stachybotrys) in our crawlspace & walls. The entire year prior, our entire family had been slowly poisoned by the mold & mycotoxins before our discovery. My health especially was severely debilitated. Due to the level of contamination, we were forced to flee, & throw away 95% of our contents & worldly possessions.

The year before, we couldn’t figure out what was wrong with me. I was bedridden, my hair was falling out, I couldn’t remember anything. I would lose my words, and I started to stutter. My hands & wrists would pulse all the time, I was gaining weight really quickly, my hair was coming out in gobbs, and I was so tired I was nodding out at work. My symptoms waxed & waned, so I normalized it for a while, like, “Am I just getting old”?

After we fled our house & took nothing but a few backpacks of clothing with us, I was still so sick I lost my decade-long position at my firm, & we had to let one of our new cars get repossessed. We had to move in with my MIL. The kids were on mattresses in the living room. My husband Peter was working 50+ hours a week trying to take care of us all. All of this loss at once was one of the lowest times of my life.

In a matter of weeks, we were reduced to literally a shell of the family we once were. It felt like our house burnt down but instead of an outpouring of community support or help from our doctors, no one really believed us, and instead we were mostly gaslit & stigmatized as being “crazy”. The journey was devastating, painful & very isolating. During this time period, mold illness was still largely underground. It was extremely difficult to find ANYONE knowledgeable to help us. I can’t tell you how many times we heard “mold illness isn’t real”.

Even when we reached out to the so-called “experts” in the building & mold industrys, the methods used to test for & remediate water damage/mold were (and still are) outdated, driven by financial interests, & very often make homes more toxic. This made us realize early on that we never wanted anyone else to go through what we experienced alone.

When I started to heal, we decided to change things. I went back to school and became a Holistic Health Practitioner, and in 2019, I opened PJ Harlow Wellness. I originally started working 1:1 with patients who had mold illness, but it became very evident early on that there was a constant, repeating healing-obstacle in every single client case. People were not getting better because they were still living in mold.

They didn’t know how to get out or get help. The amount of disinformation circulating about mold is, frankly, distressing. It’s such a whirlwind of overwhelm for people, it becomes paralyzing. In 2020-2021, we transitioned into solely offering “Holistic Mold Consulting” services and Peter Harlow came on board. After COVID, more people had serious concerns about the health & performance of their homes.

Currently, we continue to evolve. We help clients navigate what steps to take in each phase of the discovery (testing & inspection), removal (remediation) and decontamination of mold, mycotoxins, biotoxins & by products caused by water damage in buildings. This can look like managing their remediation projects, consulting on reports, interpreting tests, teaching how to decontaminate, or putting together team’s of the best companies in your area to reach your home’s goals through our rigorous vetting process.

We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
No, not at all. I hate to sound cliche’ but it’s been similar to one of those Phoenix rising from the ashes types of stories. It still has challenges, and I’m ready for it. After experiencing the loss of my health, it was a miracle when I started to get better. Health is everything. I promised that I would not ever forget the pain that was gifted to me, and I would make sure to carefully articulate the pain that others have shared with me in their darkest hours as well. I guess what I am trying to say is that everyone has pain, and it doesn’t matter who has it worse, or how many times you try to compare & compete with everyone else in regards to how painful it was for you. What matters is how you translate that pain, and what kind of good you can make come out of it.

Alright, so let’s switch gears a bit and talk business. What should we know?
50% of homes in the United States have existing water damage.

That’s a big number. I believe it’s more.

It’s likely you know someone who has water damage & mold. Because this world of mold has such a huge learning curve & it’s extremely contradictory, we provide all the expert cliff notes, intel, & resources you’ll need, so you can put your money where it matters most, dodge the possibility of making your home WORSE, & avoid all the years it would take to learn this the hard way.

If you’re curious if you have mold, we recommend starting with an ERMI Test & Interpretation Consult. You can find this on our website or we also talk about a lot of this on our Instagram page @pjharlowwellness. Normally the people we work with come to us overwhelmed & they don’t have time to learn all of this. Mold is a massive & complex topic. We teach you what’s right, & what’s proper so you can feel safe in your home.

PJ Harlow Wellness, Inc. is a 100% virtual, Holistic Home-Health & Mold Consultancy & private practice founded by Certified Holistic Health Practitioner & Holistic Mold Consultant, PJ Harlow and IICRC Certified Applied Microbial Remediation Technician & Holistic Mold Consultant, Peter Harlow. We specialize in working with people who have mold illness/mold toxicity, Lyme Disease, Autoimmune illnesses & general toxicity, but we also work with anyone who is interested in enhancing their home’s health, and lowering their risk of toxic exposures. Our typical client avatar is a strong health advocate, highly intuitive, and has a very robust history and interest in wellness and the healing arts.

How do you think about luck?
I don’t feel like luck has really played a role in the evolution of my company or being an entrepreneur. Our company was born out of primal pain, and it’s transformed into what it is from not wasting that pain but actually using it as a point to help others.

Pricing:

• Mold Consulting (30m) $125

• ERMI Test + Interpretation Conusult Package (30m) $400

Contact Info:

• Website: www.pjharlowwellness.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pjharlowwellness/