I don't love talking about my own health. It's a little boring to me. It’s because I’ve always had strong body awareness. When something is off, I know it fast.
How I Learned to Breathe a Migraine Away
In my early twenties, I got migraines once in a while. I could feel one coming from far away. It was a subtle shift in the air, barely noticeable, long before any pain showed up.
I didn't want to be inconvenienced by a migraine, so I found a workaround. I taught myself to breathe it away. Those were the words I used to describe what I did. Then I drank a glass of water because that seemed like a good thing to do.
I didn't know a thing about diaphragmatic breathing at the time. This was decades before YouTube could teach me the technique, and long before everyone carried water bottles around. I just breathed slow and deep, had some water, and the migraine backed off and faded away. Then, I was back in action.
And it worked. For those few years, that was my whole strategy. I didn’t ask any questions because clearly, breathing and water worked. What else was there to know? I was busy with life, and I had no interest in digging deeper.
The Real Trigger Was on My Plate
But I noticed something else. The migraines showed up most after certain meals or the day after. Those meals had too much sugar and too much junk (yes, it’s true!). Once I made that connection and changed what I was eating, the migraines stopped completely.
Managing a Symptom Is Not the Same as Healing
Here's what I didn't understand back then. Breathing and drinking water were managing a symptom. It calmed my nervous system and provided hydration, and that was super helpful. Those things didn’t address what was causing the migraine in the first place. The food was creating a toxic load that my body couldn't process, and the migraine was the signal telling me so. Once I addressed the cause, there was no reason to send a migraine signal.
You're Probably Doing a Version of This Too
You probably already do some version of what I did. You know when you need a nap. You know when your sinuses need clearing (my family has heard me mention a neti pot more times than they'd like). You know when a walk will shift your mood.
However, knowing you need to act is different from knowing why you need to act. I managed my migraines before I stumbled on the actual cause. Most women I work with are doing the same thing with their own symptoms, finding ways to cope with something, but not getting at the real cause.
The Question That Changes Everything
Your body always wants to heal. It just needs someone asking the right question, so that the coping strategy can finally become unnecessary.
Are you managing a symptom, or have you found what's underneath it?
How Bioenergetic Testing Finds What's Underneath
Bioenergetic testing is how I find that answer for my clients, precisely and without years of guessing. It identifies exactly what's creating the deficiency or the toxicity underneath a symptom, so the symptom has nothing left to say.
If you are ready to stop managing and start finding out what's underneath, join the waitlist to work with me.