As any healer I have walked the path and continue to walk the path of healing and evolution. What a ride! I love it and hate it and love it again. Not an easy path, but an important one and honestly one I wouldn’t change for the world (even if I could).

If you’re on the path (which BTW you MUST be if you’re reading this) then you know what I speak of. It seems as though once you get on the ride there’s no getting off, no matter how wild it gets. Am I right?!

Here’s a personal story that has led me to the point I’m at today which I NEVER would have guessed or predicted as a reality I’d ever arrive at. It’s a story of trauma and pain and healing and triumph and everything in between. It’s a spiritual story and a beautiful story – beautiful to me, because every point of it was important and I am so grateful to that process and the players involved in my evolution.

I came into this world sensitive to EVERYTHING. No really. All the things. Food, environment, lights, feelings, sensations. Sensitive soul through and through. I adapted quickly to many of those things and glued myself to my mom to soften the blow of the world.

I adapted to be as ‘normal’ as I could be throughout my childhood and teen years. But let’s get real – I was never a typical kid. I easily succumbed to illness, snotty nosed, asthma etc. Not to mention that I struggled to communicate the ‘knowings’ that I had as a kid & teen about what was happening around me.

One of the most important experiences for me that would push me along the path was food. This was a journey that I would take until this present moment. Food was a challenge because I was allergic to so many things as a very small human, and subsequently had many food sensitivities to all the things. As a young adult this led me on my education path of studying nutrition and ultimately ending up studying naturopathic medicine. For the most part I coasted through life and my education avoiding the main offenders, gluten, dairy etc.

No big deal. I managed well. And I became passionate about how food affects people. It was a central part of my naturopathic practice early on. And yet it was never the whole picture.

I went through a very challenging time in life 10 years ago where I was forced to make very significant changes to my life that led me on a deep spiritual and trauma healing path. This was absolutely life changing to take this direction and was how I came to the work I do now.

As I dove into these practices I did a lot of healing and my life continued to improve on all levels. I was probably healthier than I’d ever been up to that point. Mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

But then, about 5 years ago and my list of food sensitivities began to increase as I noticed autoimmune type reactions popping up. As a naturopath, this perplexed me – I know what to do to heal. And I did all the things. Nervous system regulation, meditation, gut healing, hormonal balancing, herbs, vitamins, dietary changes, trauma healing, you name it. And still my list of foods I could eat continued to shrink.

I got to a point where I could eat ONLY meat, lettuce and avocado. Everything else created an immune reaction in me. Even tea & all the beverages. I was at a loss. Not to mention suffering from multiple chemical sensitivities which made being in public spaces challenging at times.

Out of necessity I went onto a strict carnivore diet which actually was a wonderful process and I felt incredible on it. I did this for two years – every few months attempting to introduce foods back in with no success. I eventually just resigned to staying on carnivore.

Then I had an incredible experience, something I couldn’t have predicted.

I healed past life trauma.

Yep, you read that right – past life trauma. Trauma from a past life that my soul had not yet integrated that was affecting this current life. This may challenge your world view and you may want to assign other language to it, but it was something big that happened for me. It was part of my spiritual path and was found and worked on at a spiritual retreat several months ago.

Not only clearing some persistent emotional states, it also cleared ALL my food sensitivities. I went from eating only meat to being able to eat ANYTHING with no immune reaction – practically overnight. This is something I had never experienced in this lifetime, and still to this day feels like a miracle. I find myself shaking my head in disbelief as I look at a restaurant menu and realize that I can choose anything on the menu for the first time ever.

It highlights how we really do need to get to the root cause of our health ailments. I’m certain that all the physical healing I’ve done in this life prepared me for this moment. Nothing is accidental. We are all healing in layers and what is ready for healing comes to the surface (as did my increasing food sensitivities).

I had other healings of course along the way over the last 10-15 years, but this one definitely wins the award for the most dramatic and life altering. It makes me excited to know what is next… What a trip the healing and evolution path is!

You might be asking: HOW does this happen? How can trauma affect us in this way?

Here’s the thing – trauma, or stress that is stored in the body, messes with your whole system. Your nervous system and subsequently the rest of the body. Hormones, immune balance, cardiovascular health, not to mention the mental health implications.

This is not something I just made up, the ACES study brought this truth to our consciousness and continued research supports this understanding that trauma is very impactful on our long term health on ALL accounts.

This is why I do what I do. Because the integration of trauma & the ability to understand and regulate your own nervous system are incredibly impactful to health & wellness for the entire lifetime. And as we travel this path, the way forward becomes clear.

Our purpose and truth open up. Great things are unveiled.

Not an easy path, but an incredibly rewarding one!

I love to share the tools that I’ve used and continue to use to support this type of healing path.

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One last thing: Please share below what your healing path has looked like. What has been your most important healing story so far?

Until next time,

♥️ Meaghan