Mindbody resilience coaching is for people who have a medical team and routine already established, and are looking to complement their wellness efforts by working with their mind and habits. This method doesn’t aim to cure chronic illness or bypass a diagnosis. The aim of this work is to meet you exactly where you are and create a safe space where you can get curious and intentional, and cultivate your resilience and empowerment. The ultimate goal is to create more understanding, lovingkindness, and empowerment for oneself. The paradox is that once you begin examining and accepting exactly what’s happening inside you, things begin to naturally shift and change. A reduction in pain, fatigue, and suffering is the cherry on top that comes with innerwork and brain training.

If some or all of the below are true for you, coaching may be an excellent fit for you!

• You’ve lived with a chronic illness, chronic pain, or other chronic symptoms for at least two years. Examples of chronic illnesses include lyme disease, ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome), autoimmune disorder, fibromyalgia, multiple sclerosis, etc.
• You have seen a doctor for diagnosis and treatment, and have an established medical treatment routine 
• You have engaged with cognitive therapy or brain training related to your chronic disease or pain, and are looking for future-focused skills and guidance to compliment the other healing modalities you’re using to turn down the volume on chronic symptoms 
• You have a baseline of being able to do basic daily tasks and self care, are able to actively participate in 50 minute zoom coaching calls, are willing to journal (in written or voice recorded form) in response to workbook prompts
• You feel that there is more brilliance, success, joy inside of you than is present in your daily life but you’re not sure how to tap into it while managing your symptoms. You have a hunger inside of you for a fuller more embodied life
• You're ready to take your personal growth to the next level and show up and fully participate in the coaching process

Book a discovery call with me if you want to find out if we're a good coach and client fit!

Each person is unique. The outcomes and results of mindbody resilience coaching will be as unique as you are. We would work together to discover what coaching tools and skills you want to develop during our time together. I offer my private coaching in 12 week packages so there is enough time for you to not only start seeing results, but also enough time to fully integrate what you've learned into your life so you will see lasting change. In general, expect to focus on one or two goals per 12 weeks of working together. Creating mindbody resilience results is less about exactly what you do, and more about the energy and way you show up for the work. I'll show you the skill of learning how to thrive with a sense of ease and confidence. With that said, examples of result goals include:

• The ability to balance and regulate your nervous system in relationship to living with a chronic illness– a deepened sense of safety in your body, and in your environment 
• A new, improved baseline for daily life alongside chronic illness, and the ability to bounce back to this baseline when a flare sneaks up on you 
• Renewed confidence and ability to engage in your favorite movement and activities 
• Learning how to drop tendencies like perfectionism, hypervigilance, and catastrophic thinking that often get in the way of chronic illness breakthroughs  
• A toolbox of skills you can use to turn down the severity of your symptoms. The goal isn’t to have zero pain, or zero brain fog, ever–because that’s not how the body works. All humans, chronic illness or not, experience things like pain, exhaustion, difficulty thinking in their lives–that’s part of being alive and that’s why going for zero is setting yourself up for failure and disappointment. Turning down the volume on the other hand, is about progress. Often it works like a volume dial, happening in increments.
• Once you start seeing these results that are directly related to chronic illness, you’ll find you have more time, energy and motivation to build the life you’ve been dreaming of. And that’s where my favorite life coach skills come in. Things like neuroscience-backed secrets to getting things done including how to establish new habits, create success spirals, setting and achieving goals, and how to kick your procrastination to the curb

I have been there, my friend. Before my Lyme diagnosis, multiple medical professionals suggested my suffering was purely psychosomatic. Trust me that I am not here to gaslight your experience or tell you to drop your medical care routine. Mindbody resilience coaching is just one piece to the puzzle of supporting your wellness journey. My work focuses on the mindbody connection part of the equation, because it was the element I was once missing and I want to share it with the world. Here’s my stance: 

You can’t experience pain or other symptoms without your brain, so why would you try to heal pain with a body-only approach? Chronic illness and pain are complicated–and they require a multifaceted and holistic approach to be addressed. If you’re leaving your brain out of the chronic healing equation, it’s nearly impossible to succeed. You have a very real chronic condition that is dominating your life. If you’ve found your way to me, it’s likely that medical intervention and therapies alone aren’t getting you to where you want to be. Maybe you have heard about brain training, mindbody syndrome, TMS, or neuroplastic pain. You have an intuition that your thoughts and habits are negatively impacting your symptoms, but you’re afraid to really examine it because of what it might mean about you. Maybe you have tried forms of mindfulness or brain training on your own, but struggled to integrate them into your daily life and haven’t experienced lasting change. You’re seeking safety, acceptance, and loving support to embark on the journey of healing your mind along with your body. I’m here to tell you that you don’t have to figure this out on your own, that you’re not the only one, and that there is real reason for hope. I’ve been there, and am living proof that a different reality is possible.