04/28/2026
If youâre struggling with health issues, you might want to read this.....
Over the past while, Iâve been learning how to come back into my body.
I love traveling. I love exploring, connecting to the land, and doing the kind of work that lights me up.
But what I didnât fully understand was just how much it would impact me.
Moving from one highly stimulating place to another gave me no real space to integrate. It was constant activationâphysically, emotionally, mentally. And eventually, my body started to respond.
Old health issues resurfacedâthings I had been dealing with for over 20 years.
At the beginning of March, we landed in Los Angeles after spending a couple of months in Maui, a place that completely shifted my world.
Before Maui, I was experiencing severe burnout. My health was at its lowest point. I was depleted, sleeping 12â15 hours a day, unable to work, and running on empty.
With Daveâs support, I quickly began to recover. After about two and a half months, we continued our journey into the U.S.
What I didnât expect was how being in a safe, supportive relationship would open me up even more.
It was like my body finally had the conditions to start processing what it had been holding for a long time.
By the time we reached Joshua Tree, things began to shift in a harder way.
My body started to tighten. Digestive issues flared up.
There was a constant knot in my abdomen⊠like I was bracing without realizing it.
Gallbladder pain returnedâsomething I hadnât experienced this intensely since pregnancy. My system felt stuck and unable to relax.
We continued on to Santa Fe, New Mexicoâan incredible place that we deeply connected with.
But physically, I was struggling.
At one point, I had to stop a hike because I could barely breathe. My body went into overwhelm, and I was fighting to stay conscious, trying not to spiral into panic.
The next day, we tried an ozone colonic, hoping it would support a reset.
That evening, my body crashed.
It started with a feverish feeling and shaking, but quickly escalated. I found myself on the ground, trying not to faint, completely overwhelmed by what was happening in my body.
Dave recognized it right away, my system was in an extreme stress response.
I was shaking, crying, unable to regulate.
And then, after the intensity passed, there was a wave of numbness⊠followed by grief, anger, and sadness.
I found myself reflecting deeply on my life, on what I had carried for so long, and how different my experience had been compared to the stability Dave had known.
It wasnât about blaming anyone. It was about coming to terms with my experience.
In the days that followed, things didnât immediately improve. On our way to Texas, I ended up in the hospital.
Tests and scans showed that structurally everything was fine, but parts of my body were highly inflamed.
Looking back, that made sense. My system had been under prolonged stress and stimulation, and it had reached its limit.
By the time we got to Austin, I was ready to go home.
When I returned to Canada, I continued trying to understand what had happened.
What I can see now is this....
My body had been holding patterns of stress for a very long time.
It showed up in my digestion, In my energy levels and In my ability to feel safe and relaxed.
And when everything intensified from the travel, emotional safety, physical demands, my system didnât unwind gently.
The process of coming back into balance was not easy. It was uncomfortable, overwhelming, and at times brutal.
But it forced me to listen to my body in a way I never had before.
What this experience showed me is that deeper healing isnât always going to happen where you live, but where you are also holds so much potential when you begin to optimize your environment in ways that actually support your system.
Feeling safe. Feeling supported. Even when life doesnât look the way you thought it would.
This is something Dave and I have been exploring deeply.
Not just through experience, but through patterns, mapping, and understanding how different environments can either support or challenge your system.
Thatâs exactly why we created this workshop.
Itâs a space where weâll be sharing how to begin aligning your life with greater coherenceâinternally and externally.
Because healing isnât just about doing more.
Itâs about understanding how your body, your patterns, and your environment are all interacting.
Looking back, what I went through wasnât random.
Now Iâm starting to understand that itâs not just where you areâitâs how you relate to where you are, and whether your system actually feels safe enough to be there.
In this workshop, weâll be breaking down why your environment can feel âoff,â how your internal patterns shape that experience, and how to start creating real coherenceâboth in your body and in the places you live.
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