My life forever changed on Halloween night 16 years ago.  I was a young mom, 8 months pregnant with my daughter, and my first son Seth was 2 years old.  My husband at the time and I had just put our son to bed after a fun night of trick or treating.  Soon after we had all fallen asleep, I woke up shaking, disoriented, and in a panic.  I had been experiencing unrelenting anxiety and panic for a couple months prior to this night, and had even had a few full blown panic attacks, but this was one different.  What was happening in my body was so severe, so bad, that I woke my husband up and told him, “go get Seth, I need to tell him goodbye.  Because, I’m dying.”  

Obviously, I did not die.  I went to the hospital that night and they told me there was nothing wrong with me.  The ER doctors suggested a number for a suicide help line and told me to go home because it was all… yep, you guessed it, “in my head”.  

Rock Bottom

I just knew that I wasn't suppose to spend my life sick in bed.  

I knew this wasn’t in my head.  Something was happening in my body to trigger that kind of reaction.  And, as a mother, that night I became determined to figure out how to heal my body.  I have a family to care for, I have a purpose here on Earth and it’s not to be sick.  Something had to change.  

My health had really started to decline, when my son Seth was diagnosed with Autism.  As we got that diagnosis, my instinct as his mother was to pour everything into him, and to do everything I possibly could to help him get better.  Seth spent his days screaming and banging his body against the wall.  I simply wasn’t ok with that.  He was alive, but wasn’t truly participating in life and I wanted to see him thrive.  We went to all kinds of specialists; we changed our diet.  We bought expensive supplements, took herbs, did homeopathy, went to doctors and healers.  We did everything possible. In the course of taking care of my son, I neglected myself.   My son’s diagnosis and my own deteriorating health is what caused the stress that created my physical and emotional pain.  That night in the Emergency Room was just the starting point of 5 long years of searching for answers and living my life on the sidelines.  During this journey to health, I got to a point where I wasn’t feeling any joy or happiness anymore.  I became so stressed out about my health, and my son’s health, that I grew sicker and sicker.

Where is ME?

What is so interesting is if I go back to my childhood, that just isn’t me!  Sitting on the sidelines and not enjoying life is not who I am!  My mom tells the story of me, when I was in 3rd grade, and she was watching me on the playground at field day.  I’m sure you can remember how amazing field day was as a little kid.  I was out running a relay race, and out of the corner of my eye I see the special needs class.  I can see them observing and watching all of us have fun and play, while they lived life on the sidelines.  They were viewing the fun and the joy we were all experiencing, but not participating.  And my heart just broke for them.  So I immediately went over and grabbed this little boy in a wheelchair and I started pushing him around the track in this relay race.  And in that moment, it wasn’t about winning the race anymore, it was about helping this other boy participate in life.  My mom said it was the most amazing thing, because as I did that, all the other kids in my class went over to help the special needs kids participate in field day!  That, to me is at the core of who I am – to have joy and be happy and to bring joy and hope to others!  And I don’t think I’m that different than anyone else.  I think that’s what most of us want in life, right?! – We just want joy and happiness.  And I think most of us have the sincere desire to bring that to other people too.  

Hellbent on turning this around

Oh, I spent thousands of dollars, tried several different modalities of healing, and nothing seemed to bring me lasting results. It wasn’t about the supplements or being vegan or paleo or cutting out every form of sugar.  

All of that just made me more stressed and sick!  

Healing cannot come from someone else's opinion.

  Healing must come from honoring your own body chemistry.

I was well on my way to true health thanks to an energy medicine practitioner, but something was still missing. I wasn’t experiencing joy or happiness that I knew was mine to claim.  I didn’t connect that last dot until I was sitting on the back of the porch one day on my deck.  I can remember it like it was yesterday.  I was sitting there, and my kids were playing outside.  I was probably reading another diet book trying to figure out how to fix myself, and It finally hits me.  The reason why I had not fully healed and gotten better was because, at the core, I believed something was wrong with me.  I believed I wasn’t well.  Because I believed I wasn’t well, there was no way I could totally ever be well.  With that belief system, I couldn’t be healthy OR happy.  That very day I realized that physical and emotional wellbeing is created through joy and happiness – and that stress is the biggest threat to our health and wellbeing.

So, right then and there, sitting on my porch that afternoon, I made a decision that I wasn’t sick anymore.  I started thinking, breathing, eating, and living like I wasn’t sick.  And, after being sick for 8 years, diagnosed with an auto-immune disease, within 3 months all of it was gone. 

EVERYTHING CHANGED.

Rather than treating symptoms, I knew I needed to get to the root cause, but wasn't sure how.  I spent thousands of dollars, tried several different modalities of healing, and nothing seemed to bring me lasting results.  Then, I found The Emotion Code.  It turned out that my physical and mental dis-ease, and my children's, had an emotional root cause.  The trapped emotional baggage was causing our bodies to be in a state of 24/7 stress.  True healing can only occur in a state of relaxation.  As soon as the emotional traumas were released on an energetic level, our bodies and minds healed.  Quickly, effectively, permanently.  

Now, here’s the BIG FREAKING SECRET THAT WELLNESS CULTURE IS KEEPING FROM YOU. 

All you have to do is be you. That’s it! 

Healing Doesn't Have to Be Hard

I believe our bodies have an innate ability to heal.  We don't have to give much attention to a scrape on our knee for it to heal, do we? The same is true for us on a much deeper level.  After we clear the emotional traumas, our body heals quickly, effectively, and permanently.  As soon as we decide we are ready to truly let go of what's holding us back, we begin to heal.  Diet, supplements, exercise, and other holistic treatments can only go so far.  It can be hard to sort through all of the information out there about healing.  One way of eating may bring someone vibrant health, while it may deteriorate someone else's! For harmony to be truly restored, we must address each level of our wellness - physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional.  You are divine and you deserve to live like it.  Thriving is innate in each of us.

Where I Am Today

Knowing now that our emotions set the stage for our physical health.  I discovered that at the root of lasting health is joy, gratitude, and a positive mindset.

I created what I like to call, “automatic health and happiness”.  The kind of health that just happens without stress or worry.  You wake up in the morning feeling good, ready for the new day, and trust that your body is in a constant state of regeneration and healing.  Several years ago, it felt like the complete opposite – I woke up every morning thinking, “Ok, what next?”.  

What I did to heal was I applied all the principals I discovered and created in the Rooted In Health healing system, surrounded myself with positivity and compassion, and I exercised my power of choice – I decided I was going to have joy and I was going to be healthy.  

What’s so interesting, I think back to that little boy in the wheelchair, and all he wanted to do was to participate in life and not view life from the sidelines, but actually be in it.  And now I finally decided I was going to stop viewing my life from the sidelines, and I was going to be an active participant.  I chose to create joy and thriving health.  As I did that and as my life changed.  

I use what I learned on my journey, my training and practice as a full time energy medicine practitioner, the power of choice and mindset, and powerful emotional healing tools to help you heal from the stress that is at the root of your physical and emotional pain. 

My mission is to show you how to overcome your stress, and empower you to create your own health, and not view it from the sidelines anymore.

Megan