It is possible to heal from ME/CFS and long COVID!
Hello and welcome! I am Andrea, a ME/CFS and long COVID recovery coach. If you’ve been struggling with chronic fatigue and want individualized and community support to get your energy and life back, you’re in the right place!
Book a free 50-minute consultation now to learn more!
I went through hell, but I healed.
And it was not just what I did, but who I chose to surround myself with that made the biggest difference.
When I became sick with ME/CFS in 2018, I not only had to navigate through the horrific symptoms and limitations of the illness itself, I was also trying to make ends meet as a single mom of two. I then developed long COVID in 2022 and my ME/CFS became significantly worse. I could not work or leave the apartment at all. My illness was so severe I couldn’t speak to my kids some days. The suffering was difficult to endure, but the losses were soul-crushing. For years I watched my kids leave for their games, lessons and concerts without me.
In 2024 my recovery began and, over the next two years, my life completely transformed. I wake up, go for a run or walk, work most of the day and still have energy to be present with my now-teenagers at all their activities and events. It feels unbelievable and I am grateful for every single minute I get to experience life feeling healthy again.
I didn’t get here because of one magical therapy or treatment. It was not a clean, linear process and it was often confusing and frustrating to navigate alone. I decided pretty quickly on that I wanted to learn everything I could to make it easier for the next person. Everything that happened for me was possible because of the coaches, community and support I had. Who I had in my life was more important than what I did.
“Who I had in my life was more important than what I did.”
I am now a certified Sacred Depths coach practitioner and can help you to get back to what you love, too! We are not meant to heal alone, and, while every person’s timeline is different, working with a private coach who is with you every step of the way is the most effective way to achieve the results you want for yourself.
Yes! It is possible for you to have
-Restful sleep
-No symptoms
-Strength and stamina for what you love
The goal is not to just have a few moments every day where you feel well enough to get a few things done. The goal is to be able to fully live your life - to have the energy for the work you really love, to have the stamina to be with your kids or loved ones, and to feel resourced enough to do activities that bring you joy. The goal is to be and feel your best.
How do we do it?
There is no formula that works for every person. No one’s experience of ME/CFS is exactly the same, and we all have different responses to therapies and individual timelines for our healing.
That said, I use this 3-part strategy as a guide for my clients:
Body Wisdom
-End the push-crash cycle
-Experience restful sleep
-Keep strong boundaries and prioritize your healing
-Nest into a healing state
Mindset
-Find safety and trust within yourself
-Uncover and heal unconscious beliefs and stories that hold you back
-Express yourself and develop compassion for yourself
-Choose the thoughts, beliefs and behaviors that will move you forwards
Activity
-Slowly and safely build your physical and cognitive capacity
-Do what you love
-Energy follows energy
6 month starter package
-50-minute sessions of individual coaching with me (11 total)
-60-minute community check-ins with group coaching (6+ total)
-24/7 access to me with chat and voice note support
-Community support chat
-Video lessons and resources
Book a free consultation today!
Art: ©Yelyzaveta Mahda
Choose what’s right for you.
My promise to you
Integrity
I value honesty, equality and collaboration. I am a co-creator with you and will honor your values, intuition and needs as a coach should. I am not a licensed mental health professional and will let you know if anything is outside the scope of my training.
I celebrate the diversity of gender expressions, sexual orientations, abilities, brains, cultures, ethnicities, heritages, skin pigments, religions, spiritual practices and all forms of expression that inform our humanity.
I honor and pay my respect to the Indigenous elders past and present and their wisdom that has cared for and preserved the land I live and work on (non-ceded treaty Dakota land).
Compassion
The investment of your time, your resources, your intention and your willingness to be seen, heard and loved is something I feel honored to hold and nurture. My training is trauma-informed and sensitive to all the ways human beings suffer. I am committed to creating safe containers that are healing and nurturing.
Instead of staying in shame, we can cultivate a willingness to acknowledge our growth areas and forgive ourselves. We can begin to recognize how others’ expectations for us keep us second-guessing ourselves and buried in doubt. We can move through shame with abundant grace.
Instead of staying paralyzed by fear, we can love those patterns that have worked so hard to keep us safe, while ultimately deciding when it feels right to move forwards.
Instead of feeling like a victim, we can cultivate and receive self-compassion for ourselves.
The only way forward, truly, is through compassion and love.
Value
It takes a lot of courage to do this work, and it takes a commitment. My promise to you is to offer individualized, high-quality coaching that integrates all levels of knowing - somatic, cognitive, spiritual and emotional - so you not only have the information and tools you need, you also can embody and default to the new patterns and energetics you choose for yourself.
When you invest in yourself this way you change your life in a way that goes beyond yourself or your lifetime.
When you answer the call of liberation for yourself you answer the call of liberation for others as well. You become an inspiration and leader
It is time to listen.
It is time
to set stone on stone -
one cairn at a time -
to mark the path.
It is time to honor
what you need
to be;
Who the world
needs you to be.
It is time to come home
to yourself.
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