Stella DeMont, founder of Whole Being Alignment, vivacious warrior
Stella:
Eleven episodes of pneumonia affected Stella between the ages of one and twelve. Yes, ELEVEN different episodes. Always bouncing back, she was never seen as sickly by herself or her fellows. At 19, after a bad sunburn, she woke up to a sudden fever, pain in every joint, and, shortly after the onset, was told that she would likely be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. It was at that point that her real research and search for integrative healing began, but it wasn’t until many years and a Lyme disease diagnosis later that Stella was able to tap into her own true power to heal. Today, after saving her own life, healing from Lyme, and a host of other illness, Stella spends her days helping others get in touch with their own power—their own miraculous body’s wisdom and guidance— so they can heal whatever needs healing in their own lives.
Find Stella on IG @wholebeingalignment or at her website here.
Weekly Challenge:
Drop into this present moment, soften your belly, and notice all of the ways you are supported. I’m dropping into my body as I type. Sure, it’s not ideal to both work and drop-in, but I want to give you an example. My belly is soft, I’m breathing directly down to my pelvic floor (feels like taking a xanax). I feel a breeze—I feel the wind supporting my healing, I feel a soft chair beneath me, holding me. And, under the chair, a floor, and eventually dirt and roots and Earth. Supported. So supported. I have a cup of tea—both caffeine and clean water supporting me. I see sunlight, wondrous, miraculous sunlight… You get the drift, right? Stella says we are always supported, it’s just about getting into this moment. Follow me @sheajackie on IG for any weekly challenge updates!
Discussed in this Episode:
- A childhood of pneumonia
- Childhood allergies and allergy shots
- Inflammation markers
- Swollen joints/ RA diagnosis
- Who are the people who get well?
- And what do they have in common?
- James Gordon
- Mind-body medicine
- Trauma’s connection to illness
- Why being sick is sometimes intriguing for people with trauma
- How food (or lack thereof) helps you heal
- Lyme disease fall-out
- John Of God
- Many different treatment options
- Lying and saying you’re not sick out of shame
- Spirituality—prayer, meditation and self-love
- Stella’s breakthrough moments
- How to welcome Lyme and not fight it
- TRE
- Inner- guidance and wisdom and how you use it to heal
- How Stella manages a big, full life with self-care
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