Success Story: Renewed Energy and Purpose
I came across this quote by Nakeia Homer recently that described my experience to some degree, “You are not lazy, unmotivated, or stuck. After years of living your life in survival mode, you are exhausted. There’s a difference.” In addition, I came to the realization I was not only exhausted, I had given up on life.
My main complaint when I began my Heilkunst journey with Allyson was exhaustion. At 71, I also had other issues but exhaustion was keeping me from having a life.
I look great on paper…I have no diseases, take no medications, have no aches or pains other than some knee discomfort. There was just one snag…I couldn’t function. My life was primarily spent on the couch in the pale glow of the television. I didn’t even spend my time reading, which I love to do, because thinking required too much effort.
Though the beginning of Heilkunst seemed slow, I did experience improvement in multiple areas but my biggest issue, exhaustion, wasn’t noticeably improving…I was still a couch potato. I wasn’t interested in quitting because I was seeing results but I was getting discouraged about my continued lack of energy. Around 7 months I began to experience increased energy and at 8 months I was able to tackle a job I had been putting off for three months. I had a vacant rental property that needed remodeling and I was able to drive 22 hours round trip not once, not twice, but three times over a two month period to deal with it. The 1st trip was a week. Two days after getting home, I was on the road again and stayed for 5 weeks, and the 3rd trip was 3 days. On each of those trips I was working daily while I was there, except for a few days of rest on the 5 week trip. When I say working, in addition to dealing with a contractor and workers, there were appointments, errands, and since I couldn’t find anyone for landscaping I single handedly dug out and replanted 3 large flower beds. Dug out, as in dug up and hauled off about 75 wheelbarrows of dirt, replaced it with enriched soil, and then replanted. A lot of work considering I hadn’t done any yard work in at least 3 years and no intense yard work for years before that.
Those couple of months were definitely a peak…I don’t maintain that level of a schedule on a daily basis but I was able to kick it into gear for that project. Back home again I have started to live again by reconnecting socially and doing things I enjoy (yard work is not one of them…that was a necessity).
My best advice is 1) get started…now, 2) don’t give up and 3) if at all possible have a friend or family member start when you do so you can compare notes and encourage one another. Allyson and Jeff are phenomenal but it’s been an added blessing to have a close friend to share the journey with.
-R.G., Mississippi, USA
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