When Joanne came to Carole she presented with the following symptoms:

• Headaches
• Sore Throats
• Swollen Glands
• Gas and Bloating
• Knee Pain and Swelling
• Wrist pain
• Foot and ankle pain
• Lower back pain and hip pain
• Chronic Fatigue
• Restless leg syndrome
• Intermittent all-over tenderness (Fibromyalgia)
• Sleep Apnoea

For 10 years she had to manage her own conditions, seeing Naturopathic doctors, Neurologists, Counsellors, and Psychiatrists with little success. At the age of 19, she was starting to struggle with fatigue.  By the age of 23, she was sleeping 22 hours a day and had headaches 24/7 for months and that went on for at least two years.  She felt like she was slowly dying and didn’t want to live by the age of 26.  She still pushed herself to work and she suffered horribly till the age of 52.

Carole helped “shine the light” for her to ‘see and do’ life differently.  She’s learned so much about herself and is taking better care of herself.  Carole has taught her the gift of compassion toward herself too.   Once in a while, Joanne does take naps, but now she knows why.  She’s able to trace back what preceded it and she doesn’t beat herself up or feel guilty about it like she used to.  She says how much better her life is and no longer suffers from depression.

Joanne spent over a decade battling widespread pain, fatigue, headaches, digestive issues and depression, seeing multiple specialists without improvement and at times sleeping up to 22 hours a day. Through Carole’s support and the mind–body approach she learned to understand her emotional patterns, care for herself with compassion and recognise her triggers, and now lives with far less pain, no depression and a much better quality of life.

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