Hi, It's Nancy. For the vast majority of my life, I have been a healer. Giving help is natural for me. Asking for help is very edgy for me… it seems I’m actually quite terrified of it.
I was raised to be self-sufficient. To be strong and independent. To not 'need' anything. What a shock it has been to realize how much I have avoided asking for help.
It comes as no surprise that around the same time I was realizing this, the universe throws me a huge curveball, in the form of $15,000+ worth of dental work.
In case you’re wondering “what in the world would cost $15,000? Is Nancy getting gold teeth?” The answer (unfortunately) is no.
Here’s a breakdown:
- I have infections in my upper and lower jaw bone (called cavitations) where my wisdom teeth were removed, and in 2 other places. These have been affecting my inner health and immune system for many years.
- I need cavitation surgeries on my gums and jawbone. Holistic dentists recommended as many as 4 teeth removed and will need to cut open my gums so they can access my jaw bone and clean out the infection (awesome, right?)
- Along with that, they need to essentially break my palate and expand it to re-align my jaw and teeth to prevent further pressure points from causing more fractures, cavitations and extractions.
I've gotten a 2nd (and 3rd opinion), including one in Mexico, and the recommended course of care (and cost) is essentially the same. I’ve also considered not eating for the rest of my life (j/k).
Here are my immediate and short-term financial needs:
Immediate: My first major dental appointment was $2939. This took care of the most immediate problem, removing the abcess tooth and cleaning out the gums & jaw bone in two places.
Short-Term: Performing 4 additional cavitation surgeries, removing 3 additional teeth, AND the work to correct the alignment of my jaw/teeth. This will cost approximately $12000.
Here are some of the ways I would love support right now.
1. Money. Clearly this is going to help me out a ton. Please know that any amount you can contribute will be helpful and appreciated!
There are other things beyond the extent of this ask that I will be exploring to further support my long term healing. Functional medical tests and supplemental support (anywhere from an additional $1000-$5000 depending on how deep down the rabbit hole I need go).
2. Sharing this. If you have benefited from knowing or working with me, whether it’s Ecstatic Dance, Holistic Health Coaching, Pilates, Postural Therapy, Women's Circles, or more, please share this campaign with others you know who may be able to benefit &/or contribute. This is a huge way you can help to create a positive ripple effect on this planet!
3. Referrals. If you have benefited from working with me in any way, and you know of someone else who may benefit from my services and offerings, please connect us!
4. Support team. Want to bring me juice, broth, smoothies or other nourishing foods that doesn't require chewing? Have a favorite soup recipe to share? ;) Healing services to aid my recovery and realignment? Yes, please.
5. Hugs. Hugs = healing. Share one with me or with someone close to you right now and ripple that healing love out!
Seriously, thank you so much for helping me get through this. It has been incredibly moving to receive the support and encouragement so far. I’m constantly humbled and grateful to witness the generosity and love this community has to offer... if we are only willing to ask!
Thank you for your support.
Nancy
P.S. I am happy to share more detail about any of this and answer any questions you may have. Please consider this your official invitation to reach out and connect .
About Nancy & Her Work
I have been a Corrective Exercise Specialist and Holistic Wellness Coach for the past 18 years working with thousands of people to improve their alignment, posture, core foundation, digestive health, hormone balance and connection to intuitive wisdom.
I have a passion for weaving the web of conscious community using movement, dance, and authentic relating as a spiritual practice. In addition to my private clients, I host 2-4 community events per month in San Diego and North County.
I’m a healer, a sister, a teacher, a playful child and a wise woman. I create safe spaces for others to tap into their inner wisdom, to anchor and integrate what is arising from within to faciliate health, transformation and radiant relations.
I am an empath and highly sensitive. It has taken most of my life to learn the Jedi skills to navigate this world in a graceful way, cultivating trust in my intuition, healthy boundaries, and discernment, all from a place of clarity and compassion. Today I teach these skills. By integrating science, intuition and ancient wisdom, I help connect head with heart, restoring clear communication between body, mind and spirit. This work provides the keys to a more ecstatic way of life. It is time for a return to our InBody Wisdom, using our body wisdom, and that reflected in the rhythms & cycles of the natural world, as our most trustworthy guides. Indeed the body does reflect the subconscious mind, if only we have eyes to see and ears to hear it.
www.inbodywisdom.com
How it all connects
I create spaces to go deep. Beyond the surface. To illuminate the connection between what is arising in the body and what is hidden in the shadows of our subconscious, in order to faciliate growth, understanding, and transformation. So....
It felt incredibly symbolic for me that my 40th Birthday fell on Easter this year. These past several months many old patterns of how I relate to myself and others have been revealed. I am shedding the skin of 'having to do it all myself,' and hiding behind being the 'strong one' and 'trying to make everything ok,' when it's not. I am opening up to allow those places I've kept hidden inside to be gently brought forth and lovingly illuminated. I am openly receiving perfectly aligned support in my highest good and for the highest good of all the lives that I may touch.
This issue with my teeth and jaw, clenching, holding strong, causing fractures, decaying, infection - it is easy for me to see the correlations. While I acknowledge the progress I've made in my life, I am also bringing presence to the places I have been withholding speaking my truth, expressing my needs, emotions and desires....or even feeling my own needs, if you are an empath, you may understand this one!
The fact that this is happening now, causing the need for me to reach out, to let everyone see what is going on in my inner world, and forcing me to put it all out there - even the need to create this campaign, are all a part of a perfect plan conspiring for my own growth and transformation. When I view it like that I relax a bit, smile gently, and trust that everything is being taken care of.
I was raised to be self-sufficient. To be strong and independent. To not 'need' anything. What a shock it has been to realize how much I have avoided asking for help.
It comes as no surprise that around the same time I was realizing this, the universe throws me a huge curveball, in the form of $15,000+ worth of dental work.
In case you’re wondering “what in the world would cost $15,000? Is Nancy getting gold teeth?” The answer (unfortunately) is no.
Here’s a breakdown:
- I have infections in my upper and lower jaw bone (called cavitations) where my wisdom teeth were removed, and in 2 other places. These have been affecting my inner health and immune system for many years.
- I need cavitation surgeries on my gums and jawbone. Holistic dentists recommended as many as 4 teeth removed and will need to cut open my gums so they can access my jaw bone and clean out the infection (awesome, right?)
- Along with that, they need to essentially break my palate and expand it to re-align my jaw and teeth to prevent further pressure points from causing more fractures, cavitations and extractions.
I've gotten a 2nd (and 3rd opinion), including one in Mexico, and the recommended course of care (and cost) is essentially the same. I’ve also considered not eating for the rest of my life (j/k).
Here are my immediate and short-term financial needs:
Immediate: My first major dental appointment was $2939. This took care of the most immediate problem, removing the abcess tooth and cleaning out the gums & jaw bone in two places.
Short-Term: Performing 4 additional cavitation surgeries, removing 3 additional teeth, AND the work to correct the alignment of my jaw/teeth. This will cost approximately $12000.
Here are some of the ways I would love support right now.
1. Money. Clearly this is going to help me out a ton. Please know that any amount you can contribute will be helpful and appreciated!
There are other things beyond the extent of this ask that I will be exploring to further support my long term healing. Functional medical tests and supplemental support (anywhere from an additional $1000-$5000 depending on how deep down the rabbit hole I need go).
2. Sharing this. If you have benefited from knowing or working with me, whether it’s Ecstatic Dance, Holistic Health Coaching, Pilates, Postural Therapy, Women's Circles, or more, please share this campaign with others you know who may be able to benefit &/or contribute. This is a huge way you can help to create a positive ripple effect on this planet!
3. Referrals. If you have benefited from working with me in any way, and you know of someone else who may benefit from my services and offerings, please connect us!
4. Support team. Want to bring me juice, broth, smoothies or other nourishing foods that doesn't require chewing? Have a favorite soup recipe to share? ;) Healing services to aid my recovery and realignment? Yes, please.
5. Hugs. Hugs = healing. Share one with me or with someone close to you right now and ripple that healing love out!
Seriously, thank you so much for helping me get through this. It has been incredibly moving to receive the support and encouragement so far. I’m constantly humbled and grateful to witness the generosity and love this community has to offer... if we are only willing to ask!
Thank you for your support.
Nancy
P.S. I am happy to share more detail about any of this and answer any questions you may have. Please consider this your official invitation to reach out and connect .
About Nancy & Her Work
I have been a Corrective Exercise Specialist and Holistic Wellness Coach for the past 18 years working with thousands of people to improve their alignment, posture, core foundation, digestive health, hormone balance and connection to intuitive wisdom.
I have a passion for weaving the web of conscious community using movement, dance, and authentic relating as a spiritual practice. In addition to my private clients, I host 2-4 community events per month in San Diego and North County.
I’m a healer, a sister, a teacher, a playful child and a wise woman. I create safe spaces for others to tap into their inner wisdom, to anchor and integrate what is arising from within to faciliate health, transformation and radiant relations.
I am an empath and highly sensitive. It has taken most of my life to learn the Jedi skills to navigate this world in a graceful way, cultivating trust in my intuition, healthy boundaries, and discernment, all from a place of clarity and compassion. Today I teach these skills. By integrating science, intuition and ancient wisdom, I help connect head with heart, restoring clear communication between body, mind and spirit. This work provides the keys to a more ecstatic way of life. It is time for a return to our InBody Wisdom, using our body wisdom, and that reflected in the rhythms & cycles of the natural world, as our most trustworthy guides. Indeed the body does reflect the subconscious mind, if only we have eyes to see and ears to hear it.
www.inbodywisdom.com
How it all connects
I create spaces to go deep. Beyond the surface. To illuminate the connection between what is arising in the body and what is hidden in the shadows of our subconscious, in order to faciliate growth, understanding, and transformation. So....
It felt incredibly symbolic for me that my 40th Birthday fell on Easter this year. These past several months many old patterns of how I relate to myself and others have been revealed. I am shedding the skin of 'having to do it all myself,' and hiding behind being the 'strong one' and 'trying to make everything ok,' when it's not. I am opening up to allow those places I've kept hidden inside to be gently brought forth and lovingly illuminated. I am openly receiving perfectly aligned support in my highest good and for the highest good of all the lives that I may touch.
This issue with my teeth and jaw, clenching, holding strong, causing fractures, decaying, infection - it is easy for me to see the correlations. While I acknowledge the progress I've made in my life, I am also bringing presence to the places I have been withholding speaking my truth, expressing my needs, emotions and desires....or even feeling my own needs, if you are an empath, you may understand this one!
The fact that this is happening now, causing the need for me to reach out, to let everyone see what is going on in my inner world, and forcing me to put it all out there - even the need to create this campaign, are all a part of a perfect plan conspiring for my own growth and transformation. When I view it like that I relax a bit, smile gently, and trust that everything is being taken care of.