In 2011, extreme stress caused daily migraines, blurry vision and nausea. For 6 months, my body sent me messages that I ignored until one day my body called it quits. I ended up bed-ridden for 4-months with vision loss and migraines all because I refused to manage my stress and listen to my body. I began studying stress and became a Stress Resiliency Coach. I began to feel like I had some control over my life.

Then 2012, I suffered from debilitating pain in my hands and feet which got so bad that at times I couldn’t walk to the bathroom or get out of bed. After many tests and specialists, I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. I was both relieved and terrified. I followed my doctors’ instructions with some relief, but I truly believed that there had to be a more holistic solution aside from taking medication.

So I dove into pain….how it manifests, affects the body and strategies to not only get out of the flare-pain-recovery cycle, but to also downgrade this cycle to an infrequent occurrence.