Project Description
Dawn, BC, Canada
“I didn’t have to mask up. I didn’t have to be careful. I had an opportunity to be heard with openness and patience. Fresh Start was consistent in this energy of compassion, and grace, and generosity. I never felt like I was rushed out of anything, ever. I felt embraced by the staff in each of those therapies. And I think that’s what enabled me to experience such profound breakthroughs that I had.”
Improvements with: Bloating/ Indigestion, Emotional Rebalancing, Constipation, Digestive Health, Diarrhea, Weight Loss.
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| I wanted to establish good nutrition and fitness routine, and get a Fresh Start in my life with better habits. | Fresh Start is holistic. Actually, you've married the data, the science, the research, the nutrition, the stats, and the information with the ethereal, the energy, the connection to source, to nature. It’s really holistic, special, and unique. |
| Support by a Group and Community in Emotional Healing. I have been healing from complex PTSD and childhood trauma and I have been isolated. I have been isolated in a little cabin on the ocean doing a lot of grief work, a lot of healing all by myself, and I had had really done a lot of work and changed as a human being, but I needed to feel what that would feel like when I was in a community of people. | I got up this morning and I came to meditation and I had a profound experience in meditation. And then I went to breakfast and I had a profound beautiful experience at breakfast with my fellow cohort. And then we went into our first session and I experienced a breakthrough regarding my marriage that ended 16 years ago. One of my one of my cohort, one of my lovely colleagues that I met here on this beautiful journey, just shared a benign moment of her life with us and mentioned something about her partner. And it triggered a memory. Brand new understanding. I just was hit with the most beautiful moment of clarity. And then I had this personal breakthrough of staying on my mat and not running away and not abandoning myself. And I was able to do that and be embraced by the room. And then after I was able to share it, and I was just met with compassion. |
| Past traumas. | Some of the big moments that I of healing and clarity that I experienced here this week at Fresh Start were in a somatic bodywork session. It was remarkable it was very healing for me. Another important moment was the cranial sacral work that that I did. I felt my whole body was electric with the energy of that healing session. I had never experienced it before. I didn't know what to expect and I felt I had an actual experience in my body that was undeniable through the whole thing. And then an opportunity to integrate that with the practitioner she would ask thoughtful questions and listen in an open, thoughtful way. I would say that maybe that is the most remarkable thing that I've experienced. |
| A few extra lbs. | Lost two lbs in a week. My pants are looser. |
| I had irritable bowel syndrome and I had a lot of discomfort and pain. It messes with your life. It shapes the decisions you make. You don't leave the house without thinking about bathrooms. You are reluctant to leave the house. It really takes over your life. I dealt with IBS for decades and I did every trick the medical system has to offer. I tried many modalities and elimination diets through the years. | This part of my body has never felt better. I feel like this week gave my GI system a break and it feels a little less rigid, which is really remarkable for somebody who has been dealing with IBS. |
| Bloating, Indigestion, and Fear of Eating, Poor Appetite. When I arrived, I was really having trouble eating. I have felt bloating and discomfort in my torso. All of my adult life, after I eat, I get afraid because I know that it's not going to move around, it's not going to digest properly. My experience tells me that if I'm not alone and completely calm, I'm not going to be able to digest food and therefore I'm going to get it cramps, I'm going to get terrible bloating and then I'm not going to be able to find any relief from that. | I do not feel any of those things. I can feel gurgling right now, literally, but that is not typically a thing. I don't feel bloaty, I don't feel crampy. I don't feel awful and I'm not wishing I hadn't had that. I don't regret having eaten, so it's so nice. I just ate the most today that I've eaten any day since I've arrived. And I feel like that is an indication that I am feeling better, that I am more well than I was and I just ate every bite of both of my meals today. |
| Constipation and diarrhea. . I had both a C and a D so I would go from three or four days of Constipation to several days of diarrhea and like that was my life for a few decades. The last year it has been different but I've been it's been on the looser side and it's been a real sense of urgency in the mornings. | The quality of my BM was different today than it has been typically. So nice, like just regular normal and there were no issues. I can tell I've been eating fiber all week, I've been eating raw vegetables and it was easy to eliminate it was very easy. It was faster than usual and the quality of it was different, and I and I appreciate that from the reading I've done, I know that that this is beneficial changes have happened. |
Experience Highlights:
- High level of compassion and non-judgmental approach by the team
- The program felt less training and more nurturing
- Energy work
- Zumba, Yoga – did not feel like competition and were a lot of fun
- Food demos – something practical and it was great to connect with the kitchen staff
- Although staff is highly trained and clinical, they don’t make it feel like a clinical experience. It felt like a connecting experience. It was so uplifting.
- Immersion – it is a snapshot of what it feels when everything is good for you: eating, the people, developing new healthy habits, learning about what makes you well and is sustainable, being surrounded by this cocoon of safety and support.
The information above is based on the following resources:
- Unedited Video Testimonial Materials
- Before and After Self-Assessment
- Program Participation and Progress Sheet
- Emotional Wellness Test
Disclaimer: Results of participants differ and the Fresh Start cannot guarantee that you will experience your improvements in the same way as in this testimonial. The Fresh Start is not an allopathic medical facility and does not claim to either diagnose or treat any disease. The Fresh Start does not guarantee a recovery from any specific disease or a health symptom.
