A trauma-informed, mind–body–spirit approach to women’s wellness

What is a biblical naturopathic doctor?

If you’re naturally minded, you may already be familiar with naturopathic care that uses holistic solutions like herbs, supplements, movement, lifestyle changes, and detoxification support. In my practice, I also look for deeper root causes—mental, emotional, and spiritual—and may include mindset shifts, clearing trapped emotions and energetic imbalances, and spiritual disciplines. Approaching health from a mind, body, and spirit perspective increases the likelihood of true, lasting healing.

How can I be sure I’m ready for this service?

Revive is a great fit if you prefer holistic methods, you’re looking for women-centered support (many clients are moms, but it’s not required), and you recognize that spiritual health is part of the healing process. You’re willing to commit, take ownership, and make changes in mind, body, and spirit—with support and guidance along the way. If you’re tired of pain, fatigue, or emotional/spiritual heaviness affecting your quality of life and you’re ready for new peace and energy, you’re in the right place.

How many sessions will I need?

Minor concerns may improve in 1–2 sessions, moderate concerns often take 3–5 sessions, and more significant issues typically take longer. Your personal commitment to the process is a major factor—lasting change requires follow-through between sessions. We’ll take it one step at a time and adjust your plan as you go.

Do I need to do anything in particular after a session?

The energetic process of removing trapped emotions and other things from your body should happen on its own, but staying hydrated and a moderate amount of physical activity can also help support the process. Listening to your body’s needs is important as well, please see the above question for more details. I may have also made some recommendations for physical support during our session, like herbs, exercises, lifestyle changes, etc. Your commitment to these changes will help determine the speed and quality of your healing.

How much does a session cost?

Each session is $110 for one hour. I charge for my time rather than by technique, so we can focus on what you need without being restricted by different service prices.

What can I expect in the days following a session?

Everyone responds differently, and in working on myself I have found myself to respond differently depending on what gets removed. It’s impossible to anticipate exactly what you will feel but many things are normal. However, nothing should feel overwhelming to you. If for some reason you are experiencing extreme symptoms after a session, please contact me so I can advise.

These are some examples of things you may feel after a session: You may feel more energized and happy, like a weight has been lifted off you and you feel lighter. You may feel very tired and your body may even need extra rest or sleep. You may feel a need to cry, journal, dance, exercise, or do other things to help yourself release emotions. Whatever comes up for you, I encourage you to listen to and honour your needs as much as possible. Giving our body what it needs allows us to heal, because when we shut back down again it reverses some or all of the healing process that we did during the session.

It generally takes a few days for your body to fully process what’s been worked on during the session. But you may need 2-3 more weeks before your next session because healing too fast can be too overwhelming for the body and it’s most effective to allow some time to take a break and reset in between sessions.

How long until I see results?

It generally takes a few days for everything worked on during a session to be processed, but you may start to see the beginning of results right away. Most of what I do is clearing things out, which creates space for new life, habits, emotions and behaviour. So you may continue to see new results come out of our sessions for weeks to come because of what you’re able to add to your life because of it!

What are trapped emotions?

Trapped emotions are concentrated energies that get stuck in the body. When we experience difficult or traumatic events, especially when the emotions are overwhelming, our bodies are not able to properly process the emotions and they become trapped.

Because trapped emotions are energetic and our bodies have an electrical system, trapped emotions can harm body tissues and cause physical discomfort. They can also cause emotional issues because we repeat those trapped emotions in new experiences and feel weighed down by them on a daily basis.Trapped emotions can make it harder for people to feel love and happiness. They can leave us disconnected from others and ourselves.

Removing trapped emotions takes the emotional weight off so the body has the freedom to heal itself physically. Emotional difficulties can disappear or become much more manageable. Many of my clients say they feel lighter, physically and emotionally.

What other things can be removed energetically?

There are many root causes that contribute to our health. There are physical things like pathogens and toxins that can be difficult to remove just with herbs or other natural remedies and can also be removed energetically. Organs or systems can also be misaligned and need to be adjusted energetically (similar to how a chiropractor realigns the bones). There are also energetic things that can cause health issues, like a negative intention from someone wishing you harm or a physical-emotional shock to the body from a traumatic experience.

Removing toxins or correcting imbalances may not be the only necessary course for healing and other methods or medical treatment may also be needed. But it does free the body by giving it the space to heal itself. Holistic or allopathic treatments become more effective when the emotional and spiritual root contributors are removed. Benefits may include: pain relief, organs functioning more efficiently, greater absorption of nutrients, higher energy levels, and emotional issues becoming more manageable or even nonexistent.

You call yourself a biblical naturopathic doctor but I thought energetic healing was New Age?

I have heard this concern from others and I can understand the response based on everything I was taught growing up in church. My belief is that the church tells us to avoid certain things because of their potential to be misused, so it’s just a lot easier to tell people to stay away from something entirely than to get into each little nuance of exactly what is and is not safe. Just like how you may tell your children to stay out of a particular room even if there are only a few unsafe things there.

The truth is that God is the creator of things like herbs, crystals, meridians, essential oils, auras and other things. He created them with power and that power can be used for healing, but it can also just as easily be used for darker purposes. Just like a knife is only a simple tool with raw power, it becomes dangerous in the hands of a criminal and it can also be equally dangerous in the hands of a toddler or someone else who does not have the proper knowledge and experience to handle a knife safely. However, a knife is not evil by itself. A knife in the hands of a trained chef can create a delicious meal and a knife (scalpel) in the hands of a trained doctor can save a life.

You may be surprised to know that there are references to herbs, essential oils, crystals, and other natural healing techniques in the Bible! And Hildegard von Bingen was a medieval Christian mystic and an officially recognized Doctor of the Church who was given prophetic visions from God for how to heal people using nutrition, crystals, prayer, lymphatic drainage, spinal alignments, and other techniques. Because of her instructions from God for how to heal people, she knew details about health and healing that were hundreds of years ahead of her time. To me, she is the original biblical naturopathic doctor! And I consider her to be the patron saint of my business.

Everything that I use in my practice has been very prayerfully considered between me and God, and I have put a lot of discernment into what I consider safe and in alignment with God’s will for the work I do. I also open every session with prayer and, like Hildegard von Bingen, I believe God gives me intuitive recommendations for what each person needs during a session.

That being said, some techniques may be like the food offered to idols that Paul references in 1 Cor. 8–just fine for some people but others may prefer to avoid it. I respect everyone’s own personal decision and I invite you to discern with God over anything that may make you feel uncomfortable.

How do things like trapped emotions get removed and imbalances get realigned?

The power of prayer and healing intention combined with magnetic energy is used to remove and realign. The body has an electromagnetic system already, with a north and south pole just like a battery. Electromagnetic energy runs through meridians connected to the fascia system and reaches through the entire body. Magnetic energy running through the governing meridian will find what needs to be removed in the body and direct it to the detox pathways to be filtered out of the body. The governing meridian runs down the central nervous system and connects to the rest of the body through the meridian system so it’s a quick and simple way to reach anywhere in the body. 

During our session, after I have muscle tested to identify what needs to be removed/realigned, I will run my hand with magnetic energy over your head and down your spine several times, accessing the governing meridian, while saying my prayer and healing intention to direct the magnetic energy where it needs to go. I will also give you suggestions for things you can visualize or think about that will help with the removal process but you are also welcome to say your own prayer, run your own hand down the governing meridian, or anything else that helps with your own healing intention (which makes the process more effective).

I will muscle test again to check that we successfully removed/realigned what was identified (it is only in rare situations where it doesn’t, so this is just a precaution), although it will take a few days for the process to be fully completed. Please see the question below for what you can expect to feel in the days following a session as this process is working.

What is muscle testing?

Muscle testing (also known as applied kinesiology or muscle response testing) is a method used by many holistic practitioners to gather information from the body using its bio-electrical feedback system. By asking targeted questions and observing a strong/weak (true/false) response, it can help identify areas like sensitivities, toxins, nutritional needs, trapped emotions, or structural stressors before we work to remove or realign them. Because many of my clients are babies, small children, or virtual, I often use proxy testing rather than testing directly on the client.

How is it possible to use yourself as a proxy for muscle testing during sessions, especially during virtual sessions?

Many practitioners test directly on the client, but I often use myself as a proxy/stand-in—this is necessary for virtual sessions and for babies/small children, and I also prefer it in many in-person sessions. Some people aren’t “testable” due to factors like dehydration, spinal misalignments, reversed magnetic polarity, switching, injury, or fatigue, and direct testing can be tiring. I’m very familiar with my own responses and can test more efficiently, leaving more time focused on your healing. I believe our electromagnetic fields overlap in-person and can be accessed virtually as well, and this is a skill I’ve developed through training and practice.