I know what it is like to hit rock bottom and feel completely stuck.
My own health journey started back in 2011.The year of the Christchurch quakes, moving countries suddenly, starting university, followed by multiple chronic pain diagnosis’s. A year that left me depleted, and on edge physically, and mentally.
For over three years I went around in circles looking for medical answers to the ongoing pain and other chronic symptoms I developed - I had seen least a dozen specialists and health professionals. All medical tests were fine, I looked fine, but medication and other physical therapies weren’t really helping. Over time I was developing new, different symptoms but I knew this just “wasn’t in my head”.
Initially, I was skeptical that anything brain body-based would help as I knew my symptoms were physical, and real, but out of desperation it was time to try something different. I took some NLP sessions and was subsequently recommended the Lightning Process training by a Physiotherapist at the end of 2014, which turned out to be the missing link and key to my recovery.
I learnt about the nervous system, the mind and body innate capacity to return to balance and the role of emotions and mindset in our health. I finally understood how I became so stuck physically and mentally, and more importantly, how with persistence and determination I could actually influence and rebuild my own health through a new concept to me - neuroplasticity.