When the Body Speaks

My Journey Through Trauma, Illness, and Energy Healing

There comes a moment in life when your body stops whispering and starts demanding to be heard.

For me, that moment didn’t arrive gently. It arrived through years of symptoms, confusion, fear, and eventually diagnoses that changed how I see my health, my healing, and my entire way of living.

The past year has been one of the most challenging years of my life physically, emotionally, and spiritually. But it has also been one of the most awakening and transformative journeys I have ever walked.

Living in a Body That Suddenly Changed

For four years, I have been battling vestibular migraines, vertigo, and symptoms that, at times, left me barely able to function. There were days where simply standing, sitting upright, or focusing on a screen felt overwhelming. Tasks most people move through without thought became exhausting challenges.

My daily reality often includes:

• Constant migraines

• Dizziness and vertigo

• Blurred or distorted vision

• Brain fog and difficulty concentrating

• A heavy, weighted feeling in my body

• Extreme fatigue from everyday movement

For a long time, I searched for answers. I questioned myself. I pushed through symptoms. I minimised what I was experiencing because that is what survival mode teaches you to do keep going, no matter what.

Eventually, I received medical diagnoses that helped explain what was happening inside my body.

I was diagnosed with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) and Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness (PPPD).

While these diagnoses brought clarity, they also brought grief. Grief for the version of myself that could move through life without thinking twice. Grief for the independence I had lost. Grief for the uncertainty that comes with chronic illness.

But they also brought something else understanding.

Trauma Lives in the Body

As I navigated these diagnoses, one truth became impossible to ignore.

Trauma changes the body.

For many years, I lived in survival mode. Like many women, I carried trauma, assault, emotional stress, anxiety, and experiences I had never fully processed. I learned to disconnect from my body because it felt safer than feeling everything it was holding.

What I have learned through this journey is that unprocessed trauma does not simply fade away. It stores itself in the nervous system. It embeds itself into muscle memory, emotional responses, and energy flow within the body.

Eventually, the body demands attention.

Not as punishment.
Not as failure.
But as communication.

The Nervous System and Energy Connection

My diagnoses forced me to slow down and begin understanding my nervous system in a completely new way. Living in chronic stress and trauma can keep the nervous system locked in survival states constantly scanning for danger, constantly overstimulated, and unable to regulate properly.

Healing is not linear. It unfolds in layers. Sometimes it looks like progress, sometimes it looks like rest, and sometimes it looks like simply surviving the day with compassion.

Learning to Live Differently

Living with FND and PPPD has required me to completely relearn how I move through life. I have had to redefine productivity, strength, and success.

Some days require more rest.
Some days require deep grounding.
Some days require acceptance that healing cannot be rushed.

This journey has taught me patience in ways I never imagined. It has taught me boundaries. It has taught me how to listen to my body instead of overriding it.

Most importantly, it has deepened my purpose.

Why I Share My Story

I share my story because too many women believe they have to carry their pain silently.

Too many women normalise burnout, anxiety, trauma, and emotional suppression. Too many women disconnect from their bodies because they have never been taught how to feel safe within themselves.

I know that experience intimately.

My journey has strengthened my passion for holding space for women who are ready to reconnect with themselves emotionally, physically, and energetically.

I do not just practise healing work. I live it daily.

I understand the fear of facing trauma.
I understand the grief of losing parts of yourself.
I understand the courage it takes to choose healing.

A Message for Anyone Walking Their Own Healing Journey

If there is one thing this journey has taught me, it is this:

Your body is not working against you.
Your body is communicating with you.
Your symptoms are not weakness they are signals.

Healing is never a waste of time. Addressing trauma, stress, and emotional wounds is not optional when it comes to long-term wellbeing. It is essential.

You are not broken.
You are not too much.
You are not beyond healing.

Sometimes you are simply carrying experiences your body has not yet had the opportunity to release.

Moving Forward

This season of my life is about living differently. It is about honouring my body, supporting my nervous system, and allowing healing to happen at a pace that is sustainable and aligned.

It is also about continuing to support other women through their own healing journeys holding space, sharing knowledge, and offering healing modalities that support mind, body, and soul.

Healing is not about becoming who you were before trauma or illness.

Sometimes healing is about becoming someone stronger, more connected, and more aligned than you ever imagined possible.

And that journey is one worth walking.