Project Description
Dee, BC, Canada
“When I had to come face to face my sexual abuse trauma, even though I had lots of tools for healing myself, because I’m a healer myself, it was very challenging. And the end result was that it fried my nervous system completely. And that took a really big toll on me. I was extremely depleted.”
Improvements with: Adrenal Fatigue, Anger, Anxiety, Childhood Trauma, Insomnia/ Sleep Issues, Low Energy/ Chronic Fatigue.
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| Depression Score: 10 (normal) | Depression Score: 5 (normal) |
| Anxiety Score: 33 (moderate going to high) | Anxiety Score: 18 (low) |
| Childhood Sex Abuse Trauma. I had a very hard time digesting the fact that I was sexually abused as a child, and that it happened on multiple occasions and it was actually very horrific and violent. So when I had to come face to face with it, even though I had lots of tools for healing myself, because I'm a healer myself, it was very challenging. | I've fully accepted that this is what happened to me and that I don't need to be a by-product of this. This is a life experience, and I don't need to live as a wounded person and for the rest of my life. And I don't feel very wounded anymore, in any case. And neither do I feel depleted. I think that was the most significant emotional resolution that I had. And I think that's what makes me really excited and optimistic about going home. Because, if you're not wounded by past trauma, then suddenly there's so much more capacity in life, emotional capacity as well, but physical capacity too, to be able to be creative in the world and live life creatively. |
| Adrenal Fatigue and Fried Nervous System. The end result of dealing with trauma and life was that it ended up frying my nervous system completely. And depleting my adrenals. Because it's not that I've taken all this time out to heal myself. I had to do that while having a family and running a business. And I run a healing center in Vancouver. So I had to do all of that simultaneously. | Adrenals and Energy Levels Started Restoring. Because I came with a very depleted nervous system and depleted adrenals, having time to myself, to be able to also recharge and integrate everything that I've learned here at Fresh Start was really important. And I was able to unplug from my life and really focus here. So that also really helped nourish my nervous system and bring my adrenals back to a normal level. When they measured my adrenals, during an organ screen, my adrenals were at the normal level. And that was very satisfying. Even the psychological impact of knowing that my adrenals are healthy again, and that this was not like a long- term process where they get healthy over weeks and months and years, was really fantastic, because even psychologically I feel a boost and elevated. |
| Low energy level. By the time it would be 6:30-7:30 pm, I was exhausted and had to go to bed because I was just wiped. | I feel more optimistic and energetic. I'm sure.that, for the next couple of years, I'll be very resilient and will not crush, with right practices. |
| Insomnia : even though I was completely depleted and exhausted, I couldn't actually go into deeper REM sleep. I was having very disturbed sleep and was feeling very restless. | I feel very reset and very upgraded. I'm no longer exhausted at 6:30-7:30 p.m. I find that I'm starting to get tired and want to go to bed between 8 and 9 pm. So most nights I've been going to bed between 9 and 10 p. m. But I'll settle into bed by 8:30 or so. And I found that over the three weeks, my nervous system just completely relaxed. |
| I felt at the end of my rope.Even the smallest things were putting me over the edge. I'm an entrepreneur, and I run multiple businesses, and I've done lots of things that were very demanding and challenging, but this time I was so burnt out that even the smallest of things were really putting me over the edge and I didn't have the resilience that I've had for many years. | This morning I spoke to my husband and he was talking about some challenges that he was experiencing. And I didn't feel edgy and I didn't feel like I was going to fall off over the edge with that, what he was talking about. I felt yeah, sure, I can go home and I can deal with it. I feel resilient in my nervous system and I think that's really important. It's something I really value. |
| Digestive Health Tune-up | By week two, I was feeling very light. Because as I was cleaning out my gut and cleaning out the bad parasites and the bad bacteria and the toxins in my body, I really started feeling a sense of levity and lightness. What's interesting is that when you start detoxing the body, there's lots of emotional trauma that's also buried in layers that starts to come up. |
| Healing Generational Trauma and Forgiveness. I think people hurt people hurt people. Often, somebody who's a sexual abuser or an offender is somebody that was sexually abused themselves as a child. And they didn't have either the tools or the self-awareness or the wherewithal or the support to be able to address that within themselves. And then the demons, instead of being addressed and healed, would then turn onto other children. And somebody was a prey then became the predator. And I think that's what's happening a lot in this world, where that's being perpetuated. So I think for anyone that's experienced sexual abuse trauma as a child I would highly encourage you to realize that what's being perpetuated constantly is a cycle of pain and that if we have experienced it, in my case, I did experience sexual abuse from multiple predators is that I had to come to terms with the fact that all these people were really hurt and that they were hurting me unconsciously. It's almost not by choice, because they don't have the wherewithal to realize that they can take that pain that they have and turn it into something more healing and powerful. Versus in my case, I decided and I made that choice that I don't want to perpetuate that pain. So even if I don't go off and sexually abuse other children, if I don't deal with that immense pain inside of me, I'm going to hurt people in terms of everybody that's close and intimate with me. I'm going to hurt them by lashing out at them, by attacking them, by always being on edge. So that's why I took full responsibility for this process. | I realized that I don't want to live with this victim story. Yes, it happened to me. That is a reality. And I fully accept it, but I don't want it to perpetuate anymore. And I think that's a really important thing to remember. Even if it doesn't perpetuate as sexual abuse, I don't want it to perpetuate as any form of abuse from me. Because, if I have rage and resentment within me, inevitably I am hurting people around me. So it's something that I chose to take responsibility for. It did take me a long time to come to terms with it and I think that's completely natural. And it was many years in the making of this healing journey. But I would say, at this point, I'm at the end of that process. And I'm not vibrating in that rage, resentment, pain, anger anymore. And it's very liberating. Because I know that now I'm not perpetuating that rage into the world. What I get to give the world is healing. What I get to give the world is an understanding that we can take the worst, most painful thing that's inflicted on us and turn that into love and light. And that's not a woo thing. It's a process. It's a process of acceptance and it's a process of healing. And there'll be lots of rage and resentment and anger along the way and tears and pain and all of that is normal. But I think the choice of turning darkness into light is a conscious choice. It's totally worth doing. |
Experience Highlights:
- Program Structure: big focus on detox and regenerating the body with food on a cellular level. I’m in the healing world, and I know that you can’t work with mental health issues and emotional wellness if you don’t also work with the physical body.
- Multi-modality approach: Life coaching, energy work, massage, reflexology etc.
- Comprehensive assessments before and after the program: Live Blood Analysis and Organ Screen.
- Nature Walks: this region is just so stunning: this forest, this ocean, these mountains, you name it. It’s just really beautiful, and the recharge was amazing. Being in the natural elements is very magical, it’s alchemical. It’s both a biological process and an energetic process of healing. So I decided that when I leave here, I’m going to incorporate them as part of my routine. Those daily walks in nature are going to be non-negotiable for me.
- Community of Other Guests: it is a very healing aspect of the program. I found that the people that came as guests to the program were really incredible.
The information above is based on the following resources:
- Unedited Video Testimonial Materials
- Before and After Self-Assessment
- Program Participation and Progress Sheet
- Before and After Emotional Wellness Tests
Disclaimer : Results of participants differ and the Fresh Start cannot guarantee that you will experience your improvements in the same way as in this testimonial. The Fresh Start is not an allopathic medical facility and does not claim to either diagnose or treat any disease. The Fresh Start does not guarantee a recovery from any specific disease or a health symptom.
