I am excited about the prospect of being a part of a caring community of healers who truly understand my condition and can guide me through the most effective natural ways to manage it. It will be really powerful for me to have others witness my journey and make me feel like I’m not alone. Dealing with autoimmunity can be so othering, not just socially but even from other medical providers who don’t understand how to approach it without throwing ineffective prescriptions at merely the symptoms of the underlying problems. I’m reaching a point in my life (age 32, single, career-focused) where I feel I really need to start taking control and gaining more agency surrounding how i work with, and not against, the implications of my autoimmunity so that I can improve my quality of life in an empowering way and not feel so helpless or hurt by it anymore.

I want to make changes. I want to believe in myself again.

I still struggle with what is right and am a true collaborator. I work so much better having someone to bounce ideas off, who truly listens to me and has insight I may not be able to glean. I always said one day I would find someone to work with and this came across my page and feels meant to be.

What especially excites me about this program? People coming together and supporting each other, who are talking about WAY MORE than medication when it comes to treating autoimmune disease. I have asked my doctors more than once what I could do to improve my health symptoms, and aside from decreasing stress, they’ve basically told me there’s nothing else I can do. I’ve felt at times, like there has GOT to be more I can be doing for my autoimmune health, and why aren’t traditional doctors educating me on both lifestyle recommendations and medicine? That you are out there working as a community of support professionals specifically for lifestyle supports/modifications for those with autoimmune disease, is so hopeful.