Chelsea’s Health Story

For most of my teen years, I struggled with severe acne, painful periods, chronic fatigue, and digestive issues. At the time, I thought all of this was “normal,” but as I entered my adult years, my symptoms only grew worse. When my health hit rock bottom in 2020, I didn’t even recognize myself. I went from being an avid weight lifter and straight-A student to being bed-ridden within the span of a few months. Suddenly my body felt like it weighed a thousand pounds, I was so sensitive to light and sound that I couldn’t handle any sensory input, I had migrating pains throughout my whole body, and I could no longer think of even the most basic words during conversation. I felt utterly and completely broken, and had no idea why.

After being dismissed by doctor after doctor and being prescribed birth control for every symptom, I found the world of holistic health. I dove head first into the supplements, prolonged fasts, low-tox living, as well as keto-carnivore, paleo, gluten-free, and dairy-free diets. When that didn’t work, I saw a functional doctor who gave me hope by diagnosing me with hyperthyroid, chronic Lyme disease, and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). Unfortunately, that hope quickly dwindled when the protocols she put me on completely wrecked my body. Now, not only was I sick, but I was reacting to everything - full body rashes from mold exposure, severe eye pain from chemicals, my face would swell up randomly, and I became afraid of every toxin, unhealthy food, and unfamiliar surroundings.

I was back at square one. I began researching further, determined to heal on my own. I eventually stumbled upon muscle testing, which I hesitantly tried, and it made the biggest difference. I finally began seeing some progress and with it, some hope. This continued for several months until I got to the point where I just felt…stuck. The protocols didn’t feel like they were working anymore and I felt like I had hit a wall. It was at this point someone recommended I explore emotional healing. So I booked an emotional release session that very day.

The day after my emotional release session, I felt a weight lift off my shoulders for the first time ever. This is what I had been missing. My body continued to heal, and I became an emotional release practitioner myself soon after.

Fast forward another year or two, I felt stuck yet again. I couldn’t put my finger on it, but I still felt some kind of disconnect. Physically, I felt fine…but emotionally? I wasn’t sure. Something just felt incomplete. And then, entirely by accident, I learned why. I finally started cracking open the deepest layers of my own emotional trauma. All sorts of events that I didn’t think were impacting me anymore - the emotional and sexual abuse from my childhood, the rejection from my parents, and later the toxic friendships and continual abuse I put up with from men in my teens and early twenties. It all came flooding back to the surface.

I spent the next year or two embracing everything my body was ready to work though. I learned so much about myself, my trauma, and my life experiences. It was shocking to me how much I was blind to, locked away, and suppressed. It was like I was uncovering my true self, one layer at a time. This was healing.

Since then, I have only become more passionate about trauma and emotional healing. I have found it’s not only the key to healing chronic illness, but the key to finding contentment and joy in life. Through this journey, as well as my experience working with hundreds of clients, I slowly put all the missing pieces I was seeing into an emotional release method of my own - Emotional Restoration Technique (ERT). It is my goal to continue helping clients heal their symptoms and chronic health issues through tackling one of the biggest root causes we see - emotions & trauma.