I'll never forget it. The first time I FELT my nervous system downshift into a true state of rest, it was like the first time I could truly breathe.

I'm not exaggerating, Reader.

And if you deal with anxiety, abandonment, being "left out," or the fear of "being called out," I KNOW that you get it.

It's the feeling of your gut dropping to your toes, as if going over a cliff. 🤢

You look down at your phone and you see the message from "that" person, or you open the app and you see "the one thing" that someone could have said that would send you all the way back to middle school gym class. (ugh 😑 hate it)

We had just lost my father-in-law to a devastating 90-day cancer diagnosis (gut cancer - go figure 😫).

My husband and I were dealing with all the things - trying to grieve while family projected pain onto us and judged us for every decision we made during the HARDEST moments of my husband's life.

Of course, seeing his pain reopened again every time someone said something hurtful tore me to shreds.

It was easier to be angry. That's my go-to when I feel threatened. And I can be a nasty bia in these moments (not the good kind either. IYKYK 😜)

But I HATED feeling like I had ZERO control over my emotions.

No matter how much I "knew" better. No matter how many times I repeated mantras of forgiveness. No matter how often I told myself that their judgment was just pain being projected...

I. Was. Rageful. 🤬

And sad.

So, so sad. 😞

Every time his phone pinged, I felt bile rise into my mouth, my face and chest turn beet red, and my diaphragm spaz so hard I felt truly gut punched - no air could enter my lungs.

So. Frustrating.

So I dropped to my knees and prayed:

"Lord, please show me a better way. Please help me soften. Please help the wounded child within me understand that I'm safe. Because this whole situation is a sh*t show and this survival reaction is beyond frustrating. I'm over it. And I want to do better. Please, HELP. K, thanks. Love ya and thank you for the cross you bear."☺️ (my kinda prayer)

And within 24 hours, God answered my prayer through an Instagram post by my now-mentor in the subconscious space.

I contacted her. Downloaded the tools to try. Set myself up, clad with candles and an Epsom salt bath. Propped my computer on the toilet - and hit play.

Within 12 minutes, my whole world turned on its axis.

I could feel the rage melting away.

The reddness in my face turned a soft pink. (I'm Irish, whatcha want?!)

The tightness in my chest softened.

I could breathe.

And the next time his phone pinged with a notification from "that person"?

I. Felt. NOTHING.

What BLISS to no longer react to THE THING that was setting me off for months and months!!!

I want this moment for YOU!

And in celebration of my full return from maternity leave, I'm offering a 50% off special on 75-minute one-on-one healing sessions with me.

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In love and gut health,

Chelsea Haines

Founder of The Gut Health Agency

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