Leilani Kilikina - Digestive Health Coach

MY WHY FOR CREATING THIS GROUP - PLEASE READ �

My earliest memory of stomach pain began in childhood. I suffered from intermittent sharp stabbing pain, bloating and bouts of constipation and diarrhea, which doctors diagnosed as IBS. Although the pain temporarily resolved, my overall health worsened over time until finally in 2018, I was diagnosed with Chronic Pancreatitis secondary to Pancreas Divisum. This was the result of years of recurrent attacks of Acute Pancreatitis that were always passed off as either gas, acid reflux or a stomach bug. Thus began almost 4 years of tests, procedures, medications and referrals to doctors and other allied health professionals. However, my quality of life continued to deteriorate. I was doing all the right things: taking all the right medications, getting all the procedures done, following all the dietary recommendations, abiding by all the doctors orders to the T - but my pain and symptoms just keep worsening. By 2020, I couldn't go for walks. I couldn't eat without tremendous pain. I couldn't even enjoy a glass of water without feeling like a bowling ball literally hanging by my pancreas, painfully pulling the life out of me. No one understood this pain, because on the outside, I looked healthy. They could empathize, but they didn't get it. I would have some good days, but most were bad, and as time went on, and the latter continued to increase. The emotional, mental and physical trauma that followed just made it worse. I was looking for a way out because I felt like a burden to all those around me. Constantly having to be cared for, brought things, driven places. This all changed when I took my health INTO MY OWN HANDS. Some of the best GI specialists in B.C. and Ontario told me this would be my new life and I should get used to it. Why wouldn't I? They were the top professionals in their field. BUT THEY WERE WRONG! They were following what they had been taught in medical school. They were only looking my pancreas, but what about the rest of me? My pancreas wasn’t separate, but functioned within the WHOLE body. I dove into my own healing, from a holistic stand point. I learned through my own experience that doctors do NOT focus on nutrition and how essential it is to health and to continue healing your body. My will to heal led me to joining a Holistic Nutrition School that is based on 50+ years of research in nutrition-based science. I applied what I learned and began making some lifestyle changes which drastically changed the trajectory of everything that has followed. My health, pain and all other symptoms improved. I was able to go for walks and go for a drive on my own. I was able to eat without debilitating pain. I healed. WHAT'S MY WHY FOR DOING THIS? Because I want to be IN SERVICE TO YOU, because I know EXACTLY what you are going through. This is NOT like other groups. This is a group that EDUCATES, EMPOWERS and ENCOURAGES YOU to take control of your health. I wish there was a group like this when I became sick and wanted to take my life. A group that didn't just talk about how miserable it was to wake up every morning, but gave me THE TOOLS feel better. That doesn't mean we won't be sharing about our hard days. It means that you WILL be supported, educated and guided on how to actually heal in all areas - MIND, BODY, SOUL. IF YOU really want to stop the see the healing and LIFEPROOF for yourself, I invite you to come join me on this journey.

� Leilani