Hi Everyone,

This year, I went through a life-changing personal experience that I felt I wanted to share with you all.

Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with Adrenal Exhaustion. 

Photo by Louise Klein - The Etheric Eye Narrative Nature Photography

It was May when I was tested and diagnosed and it had probably been going on since February. The symptoms are (amongst other things); feeling easily overwhelmed, lethargy, depression, weight gain and disillusionment with life. I had all of those symptoms at various times in various ways, yet I couldn't understand why exactly. 

So there was a sense of relief when I received my diagnosis in May and learnt that my body just wasn't 'wanting to play' right now. In fact, my body really wanted to be mostly left alone.

So, slowly and deliberately, I learnt to change my routine and seriously 'up' my self-care.

I worked very part-time and only did the very minimum monthly commitments (not my usual). I found that this worked and I was fine with those output levels, and grateful that I had the freedom to tell my team I would be doing this. I would have to reschedule personal clients on certain days where I knew I was not at full mast. This wasn't desirable, but it was what I had to do. I was not allowed to exercise during this period, and aside from my part-time work, I mostly only had the energy to sit quietly in my house by myself. For about 5 months.

I even discovered television during the last month of my seclusion. Admittedly only one show held my interest, one called 'Fringe', but as I am not a TV watcher, this in itself was amusing to observe. After a few months of seclusion, initially uncomfortable and undesired, I learnt to cherish the quiet and the freedom.

I have experienced burn-out and depression a few other times in my life, but this was a whole new level of scale. And more physically dictated than ever before.

And now I feel lucky to be able to see it was a complete gift. 

The biggest gift wrapped in an initially unpleasant package (funny how that happens isn't it!?).

3 weeks ago I was diagnosed as fully functioning again. I was thrilled, but I actually already knew I was 'back' because from September onwards I could feel a consistent lift in my functioning, desire for life, and my body's strength.

Life is always a teacher to us, and I had worked and travelled a lot for a long time, asking a huge amount of myself and my body. So this respite and inward period was very needed. Jay Wilson, the great Boulder-based Chiropractor and Nutritionist was my main healer, and he told me at our last appointment that he always knew I would make a complete recovery, but it had come much quicker than he expected. Perhaps 4 months earlier he suggested. 

What have I learnt from this?

• An immense amount of gratitude for the simple things, like having the energy to
  just be alive. To hike up a hill, to wake in the morning and want to work or greet the day, or to have the energy and desire to be social. All things I lost for a while.

• A whole new level of compassion and understanding for friends, clients and people in the world who are experiencing physical limitations. 

• A greater understanding and serving of my new physical needs on a daily basis, so I can function at optimum levels.

In a channel back in 2009, the Z's explained that "50% of a human being's joy comes from the body's wellness. So if you are physically challenged, it halves your joy potential."

Now, I would like to qualify this by saying I have met healthy people who feel miserable a lot because of their own limiting habits, beliefs and patterns. Just as I have met health challenged people who are full of light and joy, because of their attitude.

But this percentage analysis from the Z's always stayed with me.

I can honestly say that this past 2 months of my life have been the happiest of my year, and possibly my happiest ever. There is nothing like a true and direct experience of gratitude to be alive, to help you find the light in every moment.

I wish this experience for all of you reading and for all of us on the planet. And if that is not your reality right now, remember that you never know what is coming round the corner for you, even if right now things feel difficult or a struggle. And focusing on what you need each day one small, simple step at a time, is a great healer.

Our lives have a plan for us and our learning, and sometimes our bodies are the servants of that plan, making us stop when we need to, or slow down, or reassess. 

I share all this as I know I am not alone in my experience. Even if my 'story' is not exactly yours, I know all of us are now being asked to embrace change in our routines and self-care. To better embrace our light bodies, or to quote the Z's, our 'Crystalline' bodies.

The release of the book last month and the release of my new music album 'Arise' this month are therefore real celebrations for me, as they are part of where I poured my energy last year.

Just as live events such as New York in December, my first time since 2008, and the Norway 'Energy Mastery' retreat in January, get me very excited.

My body journey has re-opened me to life and living at a new level, and I am very grateful for the gift of that and the ability to share it.

Much love to you and to your body everyone

Lee

x

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