Stories of coming home to themselves

I truly do not know where to even start. Katie is a healing warrior. She is such a bright light with a warm, comforting energy, a healing aura that surrounds you that everyone cannot help but feel.

I was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease when I was 15 years old, and I am now 23. Over the past eight years I have experienced a plethora of neurological, physical and mental ailments, including severe depression and anxiety, chronic fatigue, brain fog, body weakness, joint pain, learning processing issues, and stomach and gut issues.

Katie has not only helped with my neurological symptoms, but with that has come emotional and physical freedom. Every doctor I saw growing up would tell me what is wrong with me, what I need to take, and would continue to tell me to my face that Lyme disease does not exist, while I sat in front of them as living proof of it with tears falling down my face. Katie is the first person who taught me that I am not Lyme. Lyme does not define me. I will not play in the victim mentality, and I will not give it all my energy for it to take all my power.

I recently had an appointment with my Lyme doctor to do testing, and although other co-infections did show up, Lyme itself did not. I had to do a double take, because I could not comprehend what she had just said. I always believed in this work and trusted the process, but to see it physically manifest was euphoric. I have also decreased my anti-depressant dosage, very strategically and slowly with my doctor's guidance, to the lowest dose. This was my goal from the very beginning.

I have never felt more free. The way Katie taught me to rewire my thoughts, co-exist with my dark night and retrain my brain has greatly improved the quality of my life in every aspect. I truly feel like I can accomplish anything, and I believe wholeheartedly that I am capable of anything. I will never be able to thank you enough, Katie.

The physical and emotional pain I was experiencing before was crippling. I did not want to get out of bed or live life. I felt crushed. I wanted change, something different, but I did not know how to make change happen. I was given the opportunity to participate in Katie's six day experience, and I do not have adequate words to articulate how grateful I am that I chose to.

I hoped to get relief from the deep pain I was experiencing daily. I hoped to find myself again after my husband died. I was lost, and did not know who or where I was, let alone where I wanted to be. Working with Katie gave me hope and life. It was not a magic wand or a special pill. It was work. And though it was work, and it was painful, it gave me my life back, even better than I had hoped.

The sessions unlocked doors I did not even know were there, let alone chained closed. I learned to listen to my body, to check in with myself, to acknowledge emotional hurt without always attaching myself to it. I learned about being in a boat watching the water flow. A leaf representing a hurt, a trigger or a memory floats by. I can choose to attach myself to it, or I can simply acknowledge it and let it float down the water.

I feel free, happy, loved, beautiful. I have not felt like this for many years. I rarely experience the chronic, debilitating pain I had for so long. I am doing things I said I could never do. This experience changed my life, and I am never going back to that dark, lonely place again. Thank you, Katie.

Before deciding to do NeuroCoaching with Katie, I was in a rut physically and emotionally. I felt stuck in my life and my business. I did not know which direction to go, and I did not feel focused on what I needed to do for myself or my work. It was painful to be in that place, looming in a darkness I did not know how to get out of.

Katie helped me get out of it and gave me tools and actionable steps to integrate into my life, so that when negative thoughts and feelings come up that used to put me in a vicious cycle, I know exactly what to do with them. She held a safe space for me to be, feel and say what I needed to. She helped me get to the source of what had been subconsciously holding me back, the patterns and pains that kept me from doing the things that are good for me.

My physical and emotional pain shifted from a nine on a scale of one to ten, down to a zero. This happened through multiple sessions and through learning that it takes self trust and faith in the continuous process. Because I have, so much is possible for me and my business. I can move my body in ways I did not think possible, and my business is growing because I have the clarity and focus to put toward it. Thank you, Katie, for guiding me to do this inner work.

I have had the pleasure of working with Katie for some time now. She takes a unique approach to coaching in order to tie together mind, body and soul. Katie has helped me re-frame my thinking in a way that improves all aspects of my life, personal and professional, and helped me overcome anxiety that was holding me back in my career. That allowed me to propel myself forward and achieve one of my dreams of becoming an ER nurse. Not just landing the job, but making sure my mind and body are always ready for the high stress, physical and emotional demands of it.

She also helps me with the mental and physical challenges of weight loss. She showed me how to work on my body out of love, not hate or punishment, which is the approach that had failed me many times before. She has excellent nutrition and exercise ideas specific to my body, my lifestyle and my goals, and she helps me normalize the off days, the guilt and the anxiety.

Katie also focuses on pain. I have had chronic back pain from an old injury for years, and more recently hip and knee pain with no clear cause. She does not just treat the physical symptoms, she dives into the emotional causes, and gives me exercises I can do anywhere for both. This gives me my day back, whereas in the past that pain would leave the whole day wasted on the couch. It is great to have someone in your corner, fighting for you. I highly recommend Katie's NeuroCoaching if you are looking for change in your life, career, body or thoughts.

Before discovering that neuro coaching was a thing, I had a lot of emotions that had been buried and not dealt with. Deciding to meet with Katie came from knowing I could trust her completely, and that there truly was no judgement with her. My aches were nothing uncommon. For me it was more about my mental and emotional well being. I knew I had a lot to offer the world, but I did not believe it, and I was trying to be okay with myself.

The experience I had was realizing that the problem you think you have is linked to something deeper. You have cycles and tendencies your brain wants to follow to protect you, even when they are not helping you. Katie showed me that there are as many positive sides to a situation as negative ones, and that it is our choice to focus on the positives. She held a safe space and reminded me that there is no wrong feeling, that it is okay to feel and to express my emotions.

The way things have shifted for me is taking a second before any step to check in with myself. Is this beneficial for me and my body? Am I doing this for me, or for someone else, and if so, out of obligation, guilt, or because I want to? I have learned not to hold the emotion in. This work made me aware of the old brain habits that were controlling my life. There will still be good days and bad days, but with these new skills I can work through triggers without internalizing them. It is nice to know I have the tools to fall back on, because this is an ongoing process. This has changed my life for the better.