Reclaiming Agency With the Big “C”
Spoken in hushed tones. It sparks an almost reverent terror within all who hear it or speak to it. As a result, it’s been placed on its own pedestal within the medical community and given an almost god-like position that perhaps it does not deserve…
Reality of Cancer Discussion
Many in the holistic health and wellness community avoid speaking to cancer and all the misinformation surrounding it for fear of being sued or cancelled. But dancing around it has only fed the fire of its mysteriousness.
Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that it doesn’t bring up fear in me as well, but what I wonder is if other conditions shouldn’t receive the same, if not more, priority? There are many health imbalances and conditions that are just as heavy and impactful and if addressed with the same seriousness as cancer could prevent cancer. They all should be discussed with the same intentionality and transparency.
You and I and every human around us are carrying cancer cells, right now, in our bodies. And along the same vein, we are also carrying viruses, bacteria, parasites and other pathogens. It’s not about creating or maintaining or even returning to a state of sanitization.
You are an organism here to co-exist with other organisms. Cancer cells are a part of this ecosystem. I even wonder if at some point science will uncover an element of necessity to their presence. Just as they have so many other natural residents and functions within the human body. Whenever we think we’ve mastered and captured the body, we are humbled and shown there are still eons and eons of layers undiscovered or grasped.
A Shift in Focus
Instead of focusing our efforts on the end result of cancer, perhaps we should be going upstream to the numerous exposures, infections and emotional triggers that instigate the expansion of cancer cells within the body. It’s now understood that cancer is not genetic-based, but instead developed in response to your inner-terrain and on-going environment, known as epigenetics. It’s the slow and steady reduction of immune strength and influence that allows cancer to gain more and more dominance. Despite the messaging our present medical community seems to promote, cancer does not just appear out of nowhere. It may feel like that because up until the moment of diagnosis the patient appears normal or is told their symptoms are normal, when in reality they are just common and not note-worthy enough for insurance to payout for deeper insight.
To be clear, the various forms, likelihood and speed of metastasizing are not my area of expertise at all. I am in no way pretending to be an authority on the subject, instead I consider myself a highly invested outside observer. My proficiency lies in the nuanced and holistic practice of curating resilience and long-term health. All of which involve the lead up to and prevention of a cancer diagnosis. From this point of view, I want to initiate discussion about the importance of prevention and even when diagnosed, continued caution before stepping into dramatic action like removal surgeries or chemotherapy.
Choosing an Approach to Cancer
I would label most cancer treatments as last-ditch efforts, ideally saved for emergency moments when death is actually imminent, not just projected. There are a wide range of therapies available that should be considered, even within the US, that can retrain the body to kill, neutralize or turn cancer cells back into healthy cells. The standard treatments discussed with patients are typically the most damaging available and yet they are presented as the only options.
Dare I call this an overreaction? I can hear you saying – better too much than too little! Is that true though? Look, I understand. Really, I do. When you have the fear of God put in you from childhood about the big “C” you are primed and even craving a full missile attack as soon as you hear that diagnosis.
Before you launch though, hear me out. Let’s look at a milder situation that has a similar mentality – antibiotics. Doctors got into the habit of seeing them as the cure-all for everything. I have received countless stories from clients describing flippant prescription of powerful multiple-round antibiotics without proper lab collection or even a basic body assessment to support the treatment. Antibiotics are not harmless and alter the microbiome in a way that can change biology drastically and quickly. The massive gut-based medical conditions rampant among humans these days are very much tied to this sadly common, flagrant antibiotic overuse. I feel we need to heed this example as a warning.
For example, the standard go-to of chemotherapy is not a one-stop shop for cancer. Just like antibiotics, it takes out both the beneficial as well as the harmful and puts the body in a place of great immune vulnerability that makes it incredibly difficult for the body to rise to full health again. Nothing is impossible and the body is brilliant, but why take the risk of potentially taking your body out before the cancer even does it?
This is purely my opinion, but I would put good money on the possibility that most cancer treatments are actually what ends the patient’s life, not the cancer itself.
I’m for education. I believe everyone deserves access to the full range of choices and a complete understanding of the consequences of each. These days, that requires self-empowered research. Doctors in our current medical system rarely have the time, support, or brain power to expand their wheelhouse of knowledge. They’re also bound by what’s been approved by our regulating agencies – agencies that are most likely bought out by the very companies that profit from the standard cancer treatments and are also far behind other countries in considering and accepting newer, advanced forms of treatment. I feel it’s all a game, so I am a fan of opting out through self-education and research. It’s up to you to bring the options to your doctor, and if they’re not open, find a new one. It’s that clear cut…
It’s About Prevention
Again, my area of expertise is prevention by resetting the body for resilience, not cancer treatment or recovery. I curate bodies that keep cancer at bay or if it does get a foothold, there is little fear, pure trust in their body’s ability to recover, and confidence to choose whatever option they deem healthiest for their body. My clients don’t fall for the scare tactics, pressure or disempowerment, and they select medical professionals who believe in the brilliance of their body.
Let’s talk more openly about cancer. Let’s soften the fear and acknowledge that most of us will encounter it in some form in our lifetime. Release the power it holds over you through discussion and real awareness. You are stronger than you know!
Reminder: Please run everything medical by your preferred licensed provider.
Rebirth Your Body at Home Between Shoots: 3 Potent Therapies
You made it. The set high is still present, but as you fly home you recognize the intensity of the last few months and its toll on your body. You need to recover. Another project is hitting in 3 months and you need to be at 100% again. All you want to do is curl up and hide away in your home cave…
What if I told you that you can do both, at once – hibernate and recover?
Yep. I’ve got you. Let’s break this down. Keep it simple. Keep it at home. And rebirth your body for resilience.
Top 3 Therapies for Quick Recovery
My specialty is stacking and using your time efficiently. We can activate healing, multiple layers at once, and we will do it. Let’s look at my top 3 recommendations.
#1 Hyperbaric Chamber
This is the most powerful reset available to you. I refer to it as the healing nap. You lay or sit in a well-spaced chamber and rest or sleep while breathing pure oxygen under increased air pressure. It feels very similar to flying in a plane cabin. If you tend towards claustrophobia like me, we will set you up with a larger chamber, so you feel at peace. The options on the market are incredible right now, so we can find you the perfect match. I am a connoisseur of chambers.
The impact of spending time in a hyperbaric chamber is systemic – meaning it affects your entire body in one fell swoop – and initiates a massive reset and recovery of your stress-handling organs. Your soft tissue organs, like your brain (think hypothalamus and pituitary), adrenals, and thyroid gland, absorb the potent oxygen you’re breathing at a heightened rate due to the cabin pressure. This pure oxygen is like heavy luscious rain for your organ’s dehydrated crispy soil, it soaks, nourishes and revitalizes instantly at the cellular level – a deeply powerful experience for the body.
Chambers can be rented and delivered to your home between shoots or if you love it as much as I think you will, you can invest in your own chamber to use at home whenever you want. I love doing home visits or virtual tours to match clients with their best fit.
It’s vitally important to move through this therapy with an understanding of your body’s starting state. If you have chronic symptoms or labels like Lyme, MCAS or any autoimmune condition, please work with me to create a custom schedule to prevent healing reactions. If you’re simply fatigued and wanting to revitalize yourself, follow my general recommendation below to start!
General Recommendations
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Ideally space these out with 1-2 days in between for your body to utilize the cellular jumpstart it received during the session. As a reminder, I specialize in serving the sensitive body, so even this general recommendation is tailored with that in mind.
1st week: 60 min 3x a week
2nd week: 90 min 3x a week
3rd week: 90-120 min 2x a week
4th/5th week: 120 min 3x a week
6-8th week: 120 min 4x a week
9-12th week: 90 min 3x a week
#2 PEMF, Light & Infrared Heat Stack
Revive your skin, reset your energy, and deepen your natural sleep recovery in one quick pre-bed session. This stack is like getting a hug from the most-motherly human in your life, leaving you soul settled, your body grounded, and your mind refreshed. You will emerge reborn!
I recommend enjoying this stack 2-3 hours after eating dinner and 1 hour before bed. Shower and climb under your fresh sheets right after this therapy for the most powerful impact. Your body will use this gift of support throughout your overnight rest and after a few weeks you will wake up each morning feeling like a new human. Just writing about this makes me want to do it right now! It’s hard to top this feeling…
There are a couple of ways to create this combo of tools. You can have multiple tools or use a system that includes all of them in one – my preference. I have my favorites that are very easy to keep in your home and even have an aesthetic appeal if you find you keep leaving it out for convenience.
Bonus Note: If you were exposed to any kind of toxin while shooting, mold, for instance, then you will want to add in the correct binders to enhance clearance. See me for this customization.
This Marriage of Modalities Can Provide:
Nervous system regulation with the power of PEMF frequencies
Activation of your cells’ engines to promote clearance and regeneration
Lymphatic movement to detoxify and enhance immune system recovery
Common Results:
Glowing skin
Toxin clearance
Bounding energy
Restorative sleep
Toned and sculpted body
Sharper mind
Immune resilience
Fast recovery
General Recommendations
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1st week: 15-30 min 3x a week
2nd week: 30-45 min 3x a week
3-6th week: 45 min 4x a week
6-10th week: 60 min 3x a week
11/12th week: 45 min 4x a week
Please wear organic or natural cotton clothing. Ideally, get in naked. Always, always, shower directly afterwards. Do not let the sweat dry on your skin. The toxins will be reabsorbed.
#3 Focused Nutrient Rebuild
We can’t skip the necessary step of re-nourishing your vessel post-shoot! Often, the extreme places you go to embody your role and express the story drain you deeply. Your brain and nervous system don’t know the difference between reality and your imagination. In other words, your body thinks it just went through the highs and lows of the world you and the crew created. So… your recovery should match the level of intensity and depth of this. At times, I would even say this is PTSD-level work.
Obviously, every shoot varies, but often clients return from a shoot and their labs show massive deficiencies simply because they lived in full survival mode for the entire 4-6 months. The late nights and early mornings, subpar food, extreme temperatures, heavy makeup turnover and olympic-level brain requirements all take a toll on the body. If you do not enter the shoot with robust nutrient stores, you will be dragging your war-torn body home.
My approach is not just about recovery, it’s also about preparation and prevention. Just as you prepare for a role mentally and emotionally, so you can prepare for it physically. Capacity is everything when it comes to resilience in this industry. As you recover from your last shoot, you are also rebuilding to enter your next, ready for game time.
The last thing you want is to get an opportunity you’ve dreamt about and not be able to give it your all because you’re depleted and not functioning at full tilt. Please don’t find yourself here.
When we’re considering nutrient levels, we want to keep it succinct and potent, so that you’re not taking a hoard of random filler supplements or navigating a complicated diet regimen. We do this by incorporating a custom powerful morning cupper and targeted nutrient protocol, based on lab testing and your innate areas of vulnerability within the body. I use advanced personalized labs and astrological mapping to uncover your nuanced needs. The supplements are therapeutic and in forms that hit the body almost instantly, meaning we’re able to shift you quickly and profoundly. I am a supplement savant. I love this work.
General Recommendations
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To do this on your own, a great place to start is with the Blood Type diet. Also uncover your Human Design digestive style and weave this into how, when and where you eat. Pair it with the foundational supplements and the baseline tonic.
Mêrfleur Baseline Tonic – source ingredients here
1 tbsp Collagen Powder
1 tbsp Cacao Powder
1 tbsp IAG Powder
1 tbsp TOCOS
1 tsp of MSM
1 tsp Inositol (Balanced B8)
1/8-1/2 tsp Matcha
*Optional: 1/8 tsp Peppermint Extract
*Optional: 1/2 tsp Raw Honey or Sucant
Combine with hot spring water and stir well to dissolve fully. Sip with breakfast. If you get jittery, reduce the cacao powder amount and make sure your meal has a fat, protein, and carb within it.
Re-Nourishing Supplement Basics
Magnesium: glycine and/or taurate
Probiotic: native and/or transient
Aloe Vera Juice: 2-4 oz on an empty stomach every morning
HCL: with every meal
Enzymes: with every meal
Adaptogens & Nootropics to match needs: rhodiola rosea, astragalus, kava, etc.
Glandulars for depleted organs – thyroid, adrenal, kidneys, brain, ovaries, etc.
Empower Yourself With Delegation
May your recovery be quick and robust! If you desire support and delegation of this portion of your process, connect with me for concierge reset care. You’ll have an on-hand expert with you everywhere you go and will never have to navigate your health alone again. Reset your body with me and return to your work reborn and resilient.
Your Health Impacts Humanity
Your calling is a cultural need. Humanity needs healthy artists. When you sink into your work, you reflect humanity back to itself and keep our hearts tender, our egos in check, and our minds open. Your health matters.
Reminder: Please run everything medical by your preferred licensed provider before proceeding.
GABA as a Non-Addictive Solution for Racing Thoughts & Body Anxiety
Anxiety in Artists
Waking up feeling soft, integrated and grounded in your body, this is the dream. It’s also the rare experience for the creative spirit. With your heightened imagination and ability to see all angles of every situation, it’s very easy for your mind to accelerate. Your body can follow this and ramp up quickly to match. Lying in bed first thing in the morning and feeling your heart and mind racing is an overwhelming way to start a day. The morning should be a time of gentle entrance into the world, full of softness.
Knowing you, you’ve already been weaving yoga, breathwork, and meditation into your days to naturally ease the anxiety. Avoiding caffeine, herbal teas, eating upon waking, getting natural sunlight in your eyes first thing… you’ve been doing it all and yet it still isn’t fully resolving. It helps some days, but isn’t enough on other days. I hear you and get it.
Foundational Causes of Anxiety
You need a deeper support for those tough mornings. Perhaps you even need to look into your biological or emotional status to address the foundational sources. When it comes to anxiety, these are the areas I consider:
Biological
Gallbladder Congestion
GI Pathogens
Adrenal Hypo/Hyper Function (cortisol issues)
Reduced or Elevated Hormone Release
Toxin Burden (mold spores, mycotoxins, endotoxins, heavy metals, etc.)
Emotional
Unprocessed Stored Emotions
Attachment & Relational Wounds
PTSD
You do not have to be perfect to experience peace, but these areas should be reviewed and addressed if they are strongly affecting your body’s function or your ethereal state.
Natural Solution for Quick Relief
Whether you choose to address the above or not, a solution for the here and now until you find everyday ease is amino acid therapy. Amino acid therapy is my go-to solution for bringing you to a place of resilience now. It is non-addictive and can provide temporary ease if not full relief until you are able to go deeper.
Amino Acid Therapy: GABA
GABA stands for gamma-aminobutyric acid and is one of the brain's most important inhibitory neurotransmitters. It supports communication between brain cells (neurons) and ultimately slows down the rapid interactions that can occur. When it is at healthy levels in your body and brain you feel calm, cool, and collected. Often times a downstream effect of the foundational imbalances I listed above is neurotransmitter deficiency. GABA is commonly low in sensitive artists, especially when your schedule demands constant production and performance. Always being “on” can quickly deplete the body’s natural GABA reserves if your body’s foundations are already rocky.
The good news is that GABA can be taken as a supplement. The body absorbs and utilizes it very quickly, so you’ll feel the calming impact within 15 to 45 minutes of consumption, especially if taking your correct dose in the form and manner that suits your body.
Neurotransmitter Lab Testing for Anxiety
If you have time to test your neurotransmitter levels, I highly recommend it. This allows us to confirm exactly what you need. At times, excess GABA can also create the same symptoms as deficient GABA or another neurotransmitter imbalance could be at play. Testing cuts right to the problem and makes it very clear what will work and will not work without much experimentation. You can book a single session plus labs with me and order the Brain/Mood or Brain/Mood + Stress panel right HERE.
Dosing
If you need support ASAP and a 2-3 week turnaround time for testing is not an option or you want to combine your options and try GABA while you wait for test results, in case you can get some relief right away, then do it!
Here’s how to dose, if you’re trying it on your own. Please remember this is general advice as I do not know your starting state or full symptom presentation, but it may be enough to get you rolling. There is a lot of nuance in dosing, so I share this as an overarching guide.
Start low and slow. GABA comes in a couple forms. Begin with pure GABA capsules to keep it simple. I recommend no more than 100 mg per capsule, less if you can find it. Look at the fillers, avoid supplements with a long list of additional ingredients, like dextrose and rice flour. I do not recommend getting mutli’s or blends. Save that for later once you know how you respond to GABA on its own. Quality and effectiveness is everything when it comes to supplementation. I’ve included a few starter brands below for you to try.
Take away from food or other supplements so you can clearly observe how you feel. I recommend opening the capsule and pouring ½ on your tongue. Observe how you feel after 15-45 minutes. Set an alarm clock or ask a friend or partner to give you feedback on how you are acting 1 hour later. If they observe you smiling more, laughing or just seeming generally lighter, you know you’re on the right track! If you feel nothing, then the next day try it again, pouring 1 full capsule on the tongue. Continue increasing in this manner, but you only need to pour the first capsule on your tongue. You’re sending a message to your brain that the nutrient is available so that it responds quicker. If you cannot stand the taste, I added chewable options below for you to try as well.
If you feel more irritable within 15-60 minutes, then you know GABA is not the right fit and I would highly recommend testing your neurotransmitters.
Please note: if you’re on medication, consult with your prescribing physician before adding any additional mood balancers.
Once you find your right dosage, you can take regularly until you resolve your foundational imbalances or you fill up your GABA deficiency tank. You may find that after some time you need less support to feel good. This means that you gave your body what it needed to resolve the underlying imbalances, even if that was just the space of having a calm nervous system from taking GABA to bring everything back into working order, and it is now producing enough GABA on its own. Eventually, you will not need it and can keep it in the house for highly stressful seasons when you need extra care.
A peaceful grounded morning is possible for you. Give your mind and body the extra support and space they need with amino acid therapy.
Recommended Starting Supplements
Reminder: Please run everything medical by your preferred licensed provider before proceeding.
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for the Sensitive & Chronically Ill Artist
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
The healing nap. HBOT is one of the top, if not the most, potent and deeply regenerative modalities available to humans at this point in time. A painless and technically simple experience, its mechanism is to reset the body at the cellular level allowing imbalances such as brain inflammation, toxicity, chronic illnesses, and autoimmunity to dynamically improve, if not resolve.
My Personal Experience
My own health journey has been life-long, but the last 3 years have seen the most profound recovery and change. I owe a good portion of my upgraded health to HBOT.
I believe we all have one symptom that has our greatest attention. It’s usually something that activates our insecurities or fears and is what tends to keep us seeking and pursuing support and healing. I call this your north star. For me, my north star was my hormonal health until 2018 when a small spot began to develop under my left eye. Over the next 7 years this spot slowly grew and then eventually progressed so much that it became a point of great concern. By 2022, I had tried numerous topical solutions, considered all the emotional elements, started dramatically clearing mold toxicity, worked with a holistic dermatologist, spoke to natural skin experts, and even went to an angel healer. Nothing seemed to stop the growth and no one seemed to be able to identify it. The theories were all over the place, but I started really connecting it to mold exposure and emotional pain. I had heard of HBOT, but it didn’t become a solution in my mind until my dermatologist mentioned it as a possible support. The more I looked into it, the more I knew my entire body needed this therapy. I have now completed 3 rounds, all different, and have seen dramatic shifts from each.
I love using my body to experiment and research healing modalities before recommending them. I’ve been directing clients to HBOT since 2023, offering my recommendations to get the best results and, more importantly, to reduce Herxheimer reactions in sensitive bodies like mine that are navigating multiple layers of chronic illness. HBOT can transform you, but if not done with awareness it can also create flares that prevent you from continuing its use. This is my magic – guiding sensitive, weary, overburdened bodies through potent healing tools, so they can see deep change without suffering further!
The Science
HBOT has been around since the 1660s, but became more well-known as a recovery treatment in the 1950’s. It has numerous clinical trials and papers to back up its effectiveness and is considered soundly safety.
Let’s talk about how it works. Simply put, you climb into a spacious container that feels like a submarine and rest for 60-120 minutes while breathing pure oxygen. The atmospheric pressure is slowly increased while you’re in the chamber to improve your ability to absorb and carry the oxygen throughout your body. The beginning and ending of the session feels like flight take-off and landing, where you may have the desire to pop your ears and yawn. Oxygen is what the body uses to activate, heal and regenerate. You normally intake around 20-21% oxygen from your daily inhales and exhales, so this therapy empowers your body with the juice to hyper-speed healing processes. When used correctly, this can save you time, money and years of pain!
The Body Impact
HBOT is a systemic therapy, meaning that it doesn’t focus on one area, it has an overall effect. Oxygen is a key component to every cellular function, in every organ throughout your body. By maximizing its presence at the cellular level, we are touching everything.
Your body is brilliant and has a to do list of all the work it needs to address, manage, and also delay, to keep you alive. By giving it a tool like HBOT you are offering it the chance to check some very vital items off its list. The downstream effect is that anything that was backburnered now comes forward and you can start to heal at levels you would not have reached for many years without HBOT.
An important reminder, if your to do list is short then you will see amazing results very quickly. If your to do list is long, you will see recovery in the areas your body prioritizes (which may not be your desired areas, but remember the body knows best) and if you continue you’ll see the relief of the rest of the list over a longer period of time, but again still at a much faster and more efficient rate than without HBOT.
I personally experienced:
massive positive shifts in my gut microbiome
greatly improved brain clarity and recall
increased stability in my nervous system
a more resilient immune system
activation of my ovaries & improvement of my menstrual cycle
elevated hormone production & libido
clearance of mycotoxins
weight loss back to my authentic levels
reduced swelling
strong increase in energy
The Emotional Impact
This was an unexpected result. The first time I did HBOT, I noticed a welling in my chest and eventually I found myself crying in my sessions. By my second round, I was expecting the emotional release and opened up to it even more. I observed a sense of freedom and deep grief identification, not only during the session but afterward and between sessions. It was never overwhelming. It was freeing. By my third round I was leaving my sessions full of energy and joy!
I connect this to the Traditional Chinese Medicine understanding of organ function and Dr. Emoto’s theory of emotional impact and storage in water. The lungs absorb potent pure oxygen, which will activate the lung tissue and cells and ignite a release of any stored emotion. Water holds emotion and the lungs are made up of water-rich cells and water-composed interstitial space. The lungs are connected to the emotion of grief in TCM, so when we infuse the lungs with oxygen under pressure, it’s no surprise that with the activation comes the release of water from these cells and tissues, carrying with it the emotion of grief. Additional emotions may be released as other organs, such as your brain, where trauma lives in your amygdala, are also infused with healing oxygen. I believe it’s very important that you are prepared for this possibility and enter the HBOT round with a team to turn to if you need emotional support or nervous system regulation.
After doing multiple rounds and clearing many layers of stored grief and providing space for my body to rebound, I began experiencing a pulse of energy through my body. This energy uplifted my spirit and gave a lightness and joy that I had not felt in many years. I believe this is a strong part of why HBOT gives full body resets, because it addresses both biological and emotional build-up.
HBOT for Everyone
I am obviously a strong proponent for this modality and in my dream world everyone has a chamber in their home. That being said, it is currently a more exclusive investment, but I see it as beyond worth it in the long-term. If you have the means or the insurance coverage, do it. I am not a licensed doctor, so these are simply my recommendations based on clinical research, personal and client experiences, and intuitive pattern recognition. Confirm with your preferred doctor as needed.
Here are symptoms or body states for which I would highly recommend HBOT:
Mold, Lead, Asbestos, Glyphosate & Other Pesticide Toxicity
Radiation Sensitivity & Recovery
Chronic Viruses
Lyme & Co-Infections
Mast Cell Activation
Cancer, especially skin
Autoimmune Activity
Allergies
Stubborn Dysbiosis – multiple pathogens in the gut
Brain Fog
Lack of Focus
Memory Struggles
Mood Imbalances
Poor Circulation
Slow Healing
Surgery Recovery
Skin Regeneration
Hormonal Imbalances
PMDD
Infertility
Pre-Mature Aging
PTSD
How to Incorporate for a Sensitive or Chronically Ill Body
It’s important to understand the state of your body before jumping into a chamber. This is why I do not have my clients start with this therapy till I have them in a certain place of stability. This looks different for everyone, but you should feel very prepared and supported to handle whatever response your body, mind or heart has to HBOT.
Begin slowly. I do not recommend the standard protocol you’ll hear from most experts around HBOT. Frequent and longer is not necessarily better when you are dealing with a sensitive body and many layers of imbalance. I often start my clients off on 1x a week for 60 minutes max and we observe how their body processes it over the next 7 days. At times, we slow down even further if their body is clearing rapidly.
I always include specific supplements to support the increased antioxidant need and according to their lab work, astrological chart, and lifestyle we step in with heavy weights, like glandulars or hormone therapy, where needed. Again, I cannot say this enough. My approach is so individual.
Once your body is thriving, gently increasing the frequency up to 5x a week and the length to 1.5-2 hours a session is possible. It may not happen right away though.
Most rounds are 10-30 HBOT sessions and depending on your starting point you can expect to see profound results after 1-3 rounds.
There are ways to enhance and play with the results by pairing HBOT with other modalities like light and heat therapy. I’ll share more about what I’ve done personally as an example below.
Starting HBOT
Choose your HBOT Style
You can enjoy HBOT a few different ways. It is available in medical facilities, bio-hacking optimizing centers, as a home-delivered rental or a permanent home-installed unit. I recommend trying out at least one session at a highly-trained facility prior to renting or purchasing a unit.
If you are like me and can feel a little claustrophobic I highly recommend starting out by going to a facility with well-trained technicians that can guide you through it with care. Choose a chamber that feels spacious and open, not a tight capsule. You should feel calm and safe and be able to see out and communicate easily with your technician.
The chamber itself can be either soft or hard. The hard chambers are able to rise to a higher atmospheric pressure (meaning more oxygen into your cells per minute), so they are typically the go-to for chronic illness and deeper recovery. Soft chambers tend to be used for gentler imbalances and recovery, anti-aging, and health optimization. Both are effective, it just comes down to how intensely and quickly you want to recover, your schedule/location flexibility and your budget.
For potential coverage, speak to your insurance company and see what recommendation you will need from your doctor. A smaller round of HBOT is often covered following any kind of surgery.
My Favorite HBOT Resources
HBOT Facility (Los Angeles): Oxynergy2
HBOT Center (San Diego): Rejuv
HBOT Rental: OxyHealth
HBOT Home Unit: OneBase
Stacking HBOT With Other Therapies
I love HBOT on its own, but you’ll see even greater results when you pair it with heat therapy, light therapy, and specific antioxidants and binders to match what you’re addressing in your body.
Herxheimer Reactions
The best way to prevent a healing reaction is to know and respect your body’s limits and to be able to interpret what it’s asking for at each point of the HBOT round.
If you experience extreme exhaustion, hives/rashes, skin eruptions, swelling, brain fog, migraines, sleep disturbances, anxiety, GI or menstrual pain, please slow down or pause completely. This is a sign your body is not properly supported or your detox pathways are not open. HBOT can work for you, but you will need to be fully resourced in order to stabilize and make space for the level of clearance that your body is attempting.
If you have fear around this, I understand. I’ve been there and have avoided many therapies in the past because of my fear of feeling worse. Come see me and we’ll walk you through it safely. My Concierge Reset is structured to navigate these exact situations for you. You never have to walk this alone. Please get the support you need. HBOT will change your body and give you a surge of hope alongside it.
Reminder: Please run everything medical by your preferred licensed provider before proceeding.