By Endorsed Mind-Body Coach Gail Kenny

I yearned for freedom from pain. I’d been struggling with chronic pelvic pain for over 20 years when I found Abigail in 2008. A woman I met at a pelvic pain treatment clinic emailed. She asked if that was me who commented on Abigail’s blog, The Vagina Dialogues. Abigail, who had healed herself from IC and vulvodynia, intrigued me. How did she do it? And what was life coaching?

In 1980, when I first had symptoms of chronic pelvic pain, it was the dark days of pelvic pain treatment. I just transferred to a university away from home for the first time. Vaginal soreness and chronic yeast infections started with a sexual relationship with a new man before I broke up with my long-time boyfriend. A few years later abdominal pain and irritable bladder symptoms joined in. Other symptoms included painful periods, anxiety, constipation, intestinal gas, food sensitivities, and pregnancy complications.

Healing Breakthroughs

In 2009 Abigail gave a free first session for The Healthy Mind Toolbox telecourse. I ended up taking the full course (now renamed Mind-Body Toolbox for Pain Relief). I devoured the class. It made so much sense to me! I listened to the class recordings over and over and practiced the tools diligently. My sense of emotional relief and curiosity were incentives to learn more. Abigail inspired me to take a deep dive into mind-body practice. If she could find relief, then so could I.

Getting the right kind of physical therapy for pelvic pain in 2008 started me on my healing breakthrough. Taking Abigail’s telecourse and then getting coached by her regularly for the next year gave me my love of life back. My progress for freedom from pain was slow-going but consistent over time. I stayed inspired and committed to mind-body practice for pain relief. It’s made all the difference.

Persistence

Persistence with mind-body connection practice was my key for healing success. I became a devoted mind-body nerd by following in Abigail footsteps. In 2010 I trained as a Martha Beck Life Coach and the next year I trained with Abigail in Mind-Body Coach Training. Now I know and understand my mind-body-emotion-spirit connection so well. I have so many tools to keep coming back to wellness and comfort when I periodically experience discomfort, get stuck, or triggered.

Freedom

Mind-body connection becomes a spiritual journey. Once you become conscious to mind-body connection you can’t get away with being unconscious again. There will be unconscious triggers that take you back to old way of beings, often with physical or emotional pain patterns. These are just signs that something needs attention. Doing mind-body-emotion-spirit inquiry on a regular basis will help you keep coming back to center and well-being. When in doubt, keep going. Follow the sense of emotional or spiritual relief or the sense of curiosity to know more. Physical and emotional relief, and freedom from pain will soon follow.

P.S. Is it your turn to take Mind-Body Coach Training and learn all the mind-body tools for pain and stress relief? (You don’t have to become a coach; the training is also available for personal use only!) We’re enrolling for the Mind-Body Coach Training 2017 right now, and the first 10 applicants get a $500 discount! (Hurry – there’s only a few discount spots left!) To learn more and apply, click here!

Endorsed Coach – Gail Kenny

When I found Abigail I had been struggling with chronic pelvic pain (including pain in my lower abdomen, IC symptoms, yeast infections and myofascial pain) for over 20 years. Mind-body coaching was the last thing I needed to truly get my life back. I know first-hand the challenges of healing chronic pelvic pain and I’m well prepared to help you with your healing. I’m also a certified Martha Beck life coach and trained psychic.

I work with people in physical pain who have already tried all the normal solutions. I help them heal old dysfunctional habits of thinking and feeling. I teach them to relate to their body, emotions, mind, and soul in new ways, creating relief from underlying tension, healing pain from the inside out and getting back to living the life they want.