I'm back for part two of my story! In this episode, I will continue my vulnerable share of how the trials of my life have been upleveling me and pushing me to remember the truth of who I really am as a SOUL.
This part of my story is going to walk you through the last 7 years of my life as a profound crash course in learning how a lifetime of emotional distress, trauma and physical disassociation of the body can result in physical pain, dis-ease and chronic illness. And I am going to share how I am unraveling myself from all of it, to come back home to my innate nature of coherent health and wellness in my mind, body, heart and spirit.
I share:
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My experience with postpartum depression and anxiety
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How a lifetime of migraine issues led to a life-changing experience of having a seizure in my sleep that broke my arm
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How healing my shoulder after surgery became an awakening to reclaim my body, and redefine what health and wellness means to me
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How chronic illness has affected me and what it felt like to be diagnosed with Lyme Dis-ease
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How I am showing up for myself to heal and feel better
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My perspective of my experience with Lyme
May my story serve as support for your human journey - to inspire you to give yourself the credit that you deserve for how resilient, brave and incredible you truly are!
For this episode's Integration Insights -
I want to encourage you to write yourself a brief note or letter of encouragement and support.
Write down 1-3 challenges that you have faced and overcome in your life. Write about how you feel when you remember what it took to overcome each challenge and how you feel about yourself now, as you look back at this time in your life.
If this feels too sticky - I want you to pretend that you are writing this to a friend OR that this letter is being written by your soul to you.
For more information on this insight activity or to hear an example of what it could sound like - please listen to the end of this episode.
May this letter uplift you and fill you with so much pride for how far you've come in this human journey, no matter the difficulty.
Time Stamps:
[00:01:27] Radical authenticity: the key to personal healing.
[00:04:52] Journey of human experience as a spiritual being.
[00:11:25] Questioning Western medicine, researching natural solutions, hiring support for fitness and mental health.
[00:20:07] Insensitive doctor, shoulder injury, missed testing opportunities to diagnose seizure at hospital.
[00:32:16] Humbling experience taught me how to ask for help.
[00:37:13] Chronic Pain & Health issues, sought functional medicine for solutions.
[00:38:11] The Body alarms us for a reason. Symptoms can be connected to trauma. Blood work revealed chronic Lyme disease, parasites, mold exposure. Shocking: Lyme does not require a tick bite.
[00:43:36] Learning through painful experience: healing from Lyme.
Documentary on Lyme - "I'm not crazy, I'm sick"
Dr. Canestraro at The Vagus Clinic - https://vagusclinic.com/
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Dr. Pien at AMA Regenerative Medicine and Skincare - https://amaregenmed.com/
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Theme music: "Wombman" by St. Finnikin