UNLOCK HEALING

You've always been the one people can count on: the super-mom, the key worker...

...but now you're wondering how you'll manage your next grocery run. 

It feels like your body has betrayed you.  

Doctors shrug and push meds or supplements that don’t seem to do much except drain your bank account.

Your labs don’t explain the debilitating symptoms you’re having, so you return for test after test, wondering when they’ll figure out what’s wrong.

Sometimes you wonder if it’s all in your head… or if you’re just not trying hard enough.

You’re symptoms are real.

And, you’re not broken.

I know you just want to get back to your old life

But here’s the thing…

There is no “back” to go to.

That comforting script of “get sick -> go to doctor -> get better” is not a plot line you can follow anymore.

But that doesn’t mean you’re stuck!

There is a third path besides “learn to live with it” and “fix this so I can finally feel ok again”

I found this path in a place I never expected - lying in bed. 

I thought I believed in the inherent worth and sacredness of all things…

But I actually didn’t, not really, until after I got sick.

I thought, “yes, of course, disabled people are worthy and valuable exactly as they are,” but when I was the one who was disabled… boy was that a different story entirely.

It’s ok for “other people” to be sick and need to rest, but not me.

It’s ok for “other people” to ask for accommodations or drop commitments, but not me!

Being unable to work, perform, and care for others in the ways I was used to utterly shattered my sense of self.

I thought, “who am I, if I’m not this active, high-achieving person that everyone can rely on?”

And then more quietly, “will anyone love me like this?”

And quieter still, in the deep shadows of my mind, “do I even have a right to exist?”

This is one of the most painful parts of being sick — the loss of self and the loss of external validation.

In some ways it’s worse than the symptoms themselves!

And it keeps us from doing what we actually need to do to heal.  

I always got so annoyed when people talked about mindset work for chronic fatigue or pain. Like, excuse me, I didn’t imagine that car crash. I didn’t “think” myself into exhaustion!

But what I came to realize is that our internal world (including our nervous system) is unavoidably the place from which we see our situation and make all our decisions.

When I was looking at my body as a broken machine that had maliciously betrayed me, I was not able to understand what it actually needed to recover.

When I saw my illness as a cage I was trapped in, I kept banging my fists against the bars instead of finding the keys to healing that were already inside me.

Instead of simply believing all people were worthy, I had to live it.

This is the journey I guide my clients through: from feeling broken to embodying unshakable self-worth.

You might be thinking of yourself as the victim of your illness, waiting for the hero doctor to come and save you.

Maybe you call yourself a “chronic illness warrior,” fighting against fatigue that's actually your body's own plea. 

In fact, you are the hero of a much more feral story…

...and something far greater than "back to normal" is waiting for you on the other end of this road, if you’re brave enough to walk it.

The 5 Keys is for you if...

That's what the work of the 5 Keys gives you. 

It might not for you if...

• You're looking for a quick fix or "one weird trick" that will make symptoms disappear overnight
• You want step-by-step instructions on exactly what to eat, when to rest, and which products to buy. This work is about reconnecting with your own body's wisdom rather than following someone else's prescriptions
• You're hoping for purely external solutions without exploring the role of your nervous system, stress responses, or inner beliefs
• You're only looking for a traditional medical approach with diagnoses and treatment plans. This work is an excellent compliment to physical interventions, however I am not a doctor and can't give medical advice.