08/02/2024
Hey, all. I know it has been a very long time since I made a post, but I wanted to let y'all know that I'm currently in a coaching program training to become a Life and Wellness coach! It is very exciting, and I'm loving all the content so far. (more about why this is relevant below) (TLDR at the bottom)
I had a thought that I wanted to share with y'all and I would love to know what you think.
I have been intrigued by the notion of somatic work for a while - curious as to whether it could help us ladies with PMDD or not. There is a fantastic woman named Irene Lyon who firmly believes that somatic work can help with all kinds of chronic illness. Go check her out! I love that her approach is very down-to-earth, and very much rooted in science, experience, and education. However, I'll admit that I've been peeping (lol) her content from the sidelines for a few years now, very skeptical that it can help with PMDD.
Now, while I am in this coaching program, my capacity for work is still very limited and - well - we all need an income to survive! So, while I am looking forward to get started with coaching, I'm not sure I will be able to do enough to support myself - at least not right away. So I'm re-applying for ODSP (I will let you know how this process goes).
That said! I want to give this somatic stuff a go, and let y'all know if I notice any improvement at all, but - I can't afford to pay for her program right now.
This is where the coaching program comes in (oh this is so hard and scary for me, so bear with me guys!). I need to practice coaching, and get a certain number of hours coaching in order to get my level 1 certification. I'm ready to start, and have done a couple sessions with really great feedback... SO I am wondering if I should offer sessions on a sliding scale (as I am all too familiar with financial limitations!), and bank that money to put towards the somatic program. This would be a pretty ideal "2 birds with one stone" situation. If I did this, would any of y'all be interested in a session? What do you think, good idea, bad?
I am going to make an effort to post on here more often, and keep you posted on how my endless experimentation to find a satisfactory treatment protocol for this ... frustrating disease (and yes, I do consider it a disease at this point) goes. I will be starting on a separate/new website, and possibly an instagram page that isn't solely PMDD based, but centered around my coaching, with PMDD being (unfortunately) one of my specialties.
(I will follow up shortly with a post about what coaching is and is not, so you can decide whether it would be helpful for you or not)
TLDR: Would any of y'all be interested in a coaching session with me for a small fee based on a sliding-scale system (pay what you can with a minimum of "x"), and I will use the money to try out a somatic program to see if it helps at all with PMDD (and betrayal trauma).
Thank y'all for reading and being here. Wishing you all peace and relief ♥
