Then my menstrual cycle began going out of sync. I missed a month or so, and then two or three, until the gaps lengthened to a year, and at the most two. Suddenly I wasn’t the perfectly healthy person I thought I was. I was diagnosed with Ammenoreah (extremely irregular menstrual cycles)

My healing journey would take me to times of confusion and despair as I searched for answers, but eventually I would emerge with wisdom I am grateful for.

Western methods of diagnosis provided few clues or concrete conclusions. I was neither over exercising nor under-eating. I could have started taking a hormonal cocktail right then, however that determined inner voice within sent me off searching for a deeper holistic truth. I consulted experts. Roger and I went through a year of adoption process, but finally my system began to come back into balance.

So what did I discover on the way?

Here are my 10 tips to assist you on your holistic healing journey.

1) Admit vulnerability and fears.

This doesn’t mean falling into a pit of self-pity. Although you will do this at times, you can learn to get out more quickly. I had to acknowledging the fear that I may not have children. I learnt about grief and how to really cry. What fears do you still need to acknowledge and move through? Whatever scares you the most can be your greatest teacher. Put on your healing warrior gear and act!

2) Work with others

Confronting the least comfortable feelings and physical issues with someone else as witness can also be challenging to start with. Being vulnerable with another person was a big ask for me, because I had to stop pretending that I could do it all myself, or that I had it sorted.

We are fortunate to have a wide spectrum of medical and complementary practitioners to support us. I see we are moving into an era of integrated medicine, where healing wisdom will be more blended between the east and west.

There is always more than enough advice and well-meaning opinions around when you’ve got something to fix. The decision of what to do and who to turn to for me, was governed by one question. ‘Will this person this person empower me?’ Listening to your true heart and what feels right for you, becomes the defining art of the journey.

3) Heal old stories through forgiveness

Bitterness and resentment are at the core of many diseases and health problems. I believe that a large part of our healing as individuals and a race exists in our ability to acknowledge these scary places in ourselves.I ask clients whether a certain old story still has an emotional ‘hook’?

Do you shudder when you recall a memory or person. True healing requires looking at these stories and forgiving those involved and yourself. EFT is great for this. So is ‘The Journey’, kinesiology and other cellular memory healing processes.

In my fertility healing I confronted the ghosts of relationships where I treated myself and others unkindly. This journey has enabled me to visit these places with growing courage. I find the miracle in this forgiveness process, is that the more I forgive the more whole I feel and the more connected I feel to others.

4) Improve thought patterns

Repetitive negative thought patterns undermine healing and acidify the body. Learn to recognise them (mindfulness meditation works) and transform them to positive alternatives. The health of the body follows the health of the mind.

Continue the holistic journey with me in part two of My Fertility Healing Success Story

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