Today’s blog has to do with a client who’s been battling long term health issues – chronic weakness and fatigue, constipation and diarrhea, headaches, and whole-body pain. She’s worked with many different providers, and collected a small arsenal of health supplements that are supposed to be helping her. But she doesn’t feel like they are. […]
What if you thought Black Friday was every day?
Today’s blog seems timely given all the excitement about Black Friday and Cyber Monday. And I am writing this post a little different – it’s a hybrid of my perspective and the client’s. Let’ start with her input: “I have always had problems with binge shopping and eating because I didn’t have good coping skills […]
Stupid peppers keep giving me headaches
Today’s blog has to do with a client who had food sensitivity issues – specifically peppers. All types: red, yellow, green, spicy ones like habaneros, etc. Every time she ate these she would have surging headaches that night wake her up from sleeping. Often they would then progress to migraines. She also was tired of […]
Hmmm….90% reduction in my hot flashes for an hour and a half of my time? Deal!
Today’s blog has to do with a 52-year old female client who has been battling 15-20 hot flashes a day. It’d been messing her sleep up for a long while now and driving her nuts. Her goal was to get rid of the hot flashes, and to be able to get quality sleep every night […]
I will never make it to Heaven
Today’s client told me that things in her life had gotten better since our last session. She used to think that if she got too happy, something bad was going to happen in her life or to someone she cared about. That had changed since our last session, and she did not feel guilt anymore […]
Wanted to stop being a people-pleaser, but left with so much more
Today’s post has to do with a client who was struggling with being a self-proclaimed people-pleaser. She said she had a long habit of over-giving to everyone around her (family, boyfriend, friends, co-workers). It would always start with the desire to help and support, but she kept crossing the line of how far to go, […]
Inability to walk without thinking about it really really hard
This write-up also covers 2 sessions. A new client showed up. She had quite the sizable list of issues she was dealing with – the top 2 being her difficulties in waking and her challenges with diverticulitis. Her body wanted to focus initially on the walking and she was fine with that. She described it that […]
Low levels of iron in blood, and fatigue
This post actually spans 2 sessions with a client because of how much needed to be done. Client showed up with blood work showing excessively low levels of iron in her blood. She had worked with other professionals trying to address this (diet, supplements, etc) but not had much change. She has also been plagued […]
30 years of migraines and TMJ
Client had a history of intense migraines (9-15+ days per month) for the last 30 years. Her jaw also ‘catches’ when opening and closing, and is always tight in movement. She herself is a Licensed Massage Therapist, and has used massage and chiropractor over the last 30 years to help out. It’s been able to […]
Client unable to lift arm above head for last 5 years because of double mastectomy
New client arrived today. We focused on her inability to use her shoulder and arm comfortably. She had a double mastectomy 5 years ago due to breast cancer, and it began immediately after the surgery. All the shoulder, upper chest, upper back muscles, and arm muscles down to her forearm felt tight and stiff. They […]