A 12-week 1:1 customized coaching experience to dive deeply into the work that you’re doing with your doctors and other ways to support your body and your journey holistically. We’ll hone in on the ways to support you as a person, and not just your “health needs”. Even though it often feels like chronic illness is calling the shots in your life, you’re so much more than your illness.
How are you feeling about your experience living with a chronic illness?
Do you feel invisible, belittled and misunderstood at times by doctors, family, and friends?
Do you feel hopeless sometimes, and overwhelmed by symptoms?
Are you exhausted from being in constant crisis mode and not having anyone who understands your condition to be your sounding board?
Do you feel left behind in life, and struggle to maintain the relationships you had before getting sick?
Do you want to get control of your illness instead of it having full control of you?
If you identify with some or all of the sentiments above, it might be helpful for us to work together. The reason I created this program is that when I felt like that, I really needed someone to walk through that season with me. Could you use more support?
My experience with the chronic illness community and hearing the stories of many people in it is that it’s a much longer journey for most of us than we would like, or ever expected. I’ve found that it’s so important to have community and be seeing forward progress in order to continue to have hope.
I’ve come to view healing (or getting to remission) from a chronic illness as an Olympic feat. You have to be tenacious, and keep showing up, day after day. You also have to learn when it’s time to rest, and how to set boundaries so that you can prioritize the things you need to do to take care of you. You deserve to have support on this Olympic-strength bootcamp to get back to a place in life where you are thriving instead of surviving.
What we may be able to work on together:
Reducing anxiety and increasing energy through nervous system regulation (using personalized, simple, and easy techniques)
Understanding how the nervous system and fight or flight work, so you can make it work for you instead of against you
Many chronic illness patients have dysregulated nervous systems, keeping them in a state of fight, flight, or freeze/shut down mode. This affects us physiologically and not just mentally and emotionally. Getting this back in balance is key to healing
Getting more control over that spiraling, never-ending to do list
Managing basic care needs while in a low energy, high symptom period
Narrowing focus to prioritize the steps that will improve quality of life – time and energy management is key. We don’t have the same number of functional hours as someone without a chronic illness. Contrary to popular culture, not everyone has the same 24 hours in a day.
Creating flexible structure for daily life that feels good for you
Rekindling self-worth and self-compassion as a means to feel better emotionally and set boundaries that allow you to care for yourself the way you need to
A friendly ear to hear your frustrations if that feels safe & helpful for you
Small steps toward cultivating joy and hope in daily life
Prepping for doctors appointments
Managing complex protocols from doctors (how to integrate successfully into daily life)
Finding regular movement that you can enjoy and tolerate well
Symptom relief and tips and tricks for managing symptoms during killing and detox protocols (if they are part of your care)
Supporting gentle detox and inflammation
Individualized nutrition – plays a huge role in lowering symptoms, but everyone’s needs are different. There is no one size fits all nutrition plan – we can work together on finding what’s right for you.
Rebecca has been such an excellent coach. I instantly felt understood and heard. Her demeanor at once puts you at ease and she’ll laugh with you, sit in the quiet with you and encourage your truth. I found it easy to work out certain issues with her and find solutions to anxiety inducing problems. She’s very good at making you look at both sides of the coin. I would recommend her to anyone!
– Erin McCrea
During my time with Becca she provided a vast amount of knowledge on the vagus nerve and showed me exercises to do during flight or fight or fawn responses. She taught me to identify the different vagal responses with great success. Identifying this has helped me so much with implementing tools that assist me to live each day more calmly and in control of my emotional experience.
– Davielle R.
I’m a neuroscience and nutrition nerd who has spent the last ten years deep diving into research and topics related to Lyme disease, dysautonomia (POTS), chronic fatigue, mold illness, and brain health, including the vagus nerve. Why? Because they were directly impacting me and keeping me from participating in life. I was mostly couchbound/housebound for about 5 years.
All I could really do during that time was make it through the day, watch tv, and obsessively research. (I should note here that this level of fixation can be both a help and a hindrance to healing. Same with online support groups. There needs to be a balance here. It took me a while to find it.) Educating myself so I could work as a partner with my doctors was a key change that started to turn the tide.
Now I want to share what I’ve learned by working with people who are still in the thick of it, supporting and holding space for very valid and difficult experiences, and helping to connect people with resources and specialists that can help you move forward and feel more hope. I can share strategies to make day to day life more bearable, and even enjoyable.
Empowered Healing: Holistic Chronic Illness Support Program
For: People who want to feel more in control while living with a chronic illness, and are looking to reduce anxiety, fatigue, and overwhelm
3 Months of 1:1 Holistic Health Coaching (Six 55 minute bi-weekly sessions)
Voxer support in between (M-F 10-4 Arizona time)
Voxer is an app that is similar to Instagram DM’s – we can text, voice message, video message, send photos/videos/links – whatever feels accessible for you
up to 4 hours research on topics of your choosing (throughout the program)
resources specific to your needs/focus areas