Case Studies:

E. resolved 2 ½ years of extreme constipation for which she had two abdominal surgeries and required medication to have bowel movements in 6 sessions.

It had been 2 ½ years since E. was able to move her bowels without taking Miralax. Her doctors were unable to find a cause despite two exploratory surgeries. She worked with a chiropractor and a PT as well as got regular enemas to help, but if the treatment had any impact at all, it provided no long term solutions.  Her sluggish bowels were accompanied by intermittent lower right abdominal pain.

As part of our intake, she also mentioned she could not remember the last time she was able to have sex without pain. E.’s primary concern was evening out her digestive process, and she asked that we return to the sexual pain if we were able to address her abdominal issues.

Six sessions later…

E.’s BMs are not only happening without Miralax, but daily! Her abdominal pain is gone. AND she is enjoying sex!

When you have multiple conditions, there is often a root cause.

How will you feel once we find yours?
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Nine sessions (1.5 months) was all it took for B. to entirely relieve his recurrent constipation, urinary incontinence, pelvic pressure and numbness after 5 years of unsuccessful treatment - which included everything from breathwork to strength training - following an injury to his penis.

B. came to me complaining of lack of sensation from his belly button to his knees. He felt entirely disconnected from his pelvis. This began 5 years ago after injuring his penis which set off a slew of symptoms including incomplete urinary voiding which also caused urinary incontinence and uncomfortable pelvic pressure after erection. These issues compounded with his longer term recurrent constipation which prevented him from having any bowel movement for 2-3 days every few weeks. 

Being a bodyworker himself, he knew the importance of addressing these issues. He was consistently doing yoga, strength training, breathwork, and getting massaged as well as doing his own self massage. None of it so much as nudged the needle on his symptoms.

In 9 sessions together,

All of B.’s symptoms disappeared. No more dribbling after urination. No more discomfort after erection. His BMs are consistent. And he feels a strong connection to and energy flow between his pelvis and the rest of his body.

You can know all of the things. You can do all of the things. Doing them with the right person and reorienting from the frequency and perspective they offer is a key ingredient for breaking your current barometer, catapulting you into meaningful change.
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JC ditched his antidepressants, is back to work and chasing storms on the weekends just 1 month after more than a year on disability in excruciating pain that kept him from even going to the grocery store.​

​For a year and a half, JC struggled with increasingly intense pain in his left groin and hip which throbbed into his low back. He’d seen doctors, chiropractors, and physical therapists. He ran through his life’s savings and dipped into his retirement to cover the costs. Through all of that he still felt unheard, found no relief, and was told multiple times he would be managing his pain for the rest of his life.

​When we met, JC's life had completely fallen apart. He was living on disability insurance barely able to sit for 20 minutes to perform desk duties, never mind any of the bending, lifting, or walking requirements of his job. He had to give up storm chasing. Get-togethers with family and friends ceased because he couldn’t stand for them to see his condition. Topping it all off, Jeff’s ability to care for himself dwindled. He couldn’t go grocery shopping, couldn’t stand at the stove to cook; he was essentially trapped on his couch, trying in vain to find a comfortable position.

He felt so hopeless his primary put him on antidepressants.

Where the bulk of his previous care providers focused on the locus of the pain in his back, I uncovered the true epicenter of the pain pattern and we went to work.

After our first session, JC went an entire week with minimal pain. It wasn't perfect, but he could stand at the stove and laying on the couch wasn't so arduous.

After three weeks, he felt confident enough to plan and go on a trip with some family and friends to Atlantic City. He walked the entire boardwalk multiple times that weekend. The only thing he felt after? Some mild tightness in his quads.

Two weeks later, he was able to return to doing the thing he loves most: storm chasing. He sat for a 5 hour drive to Massachusetts, caught some spectacular photographs, and made the ride home no problem!

​Now he’s back at work, off his meds and feeling better than he has in years. In his words, "You gave me my life back."
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It took 9 sessions (1 month) for J.'s 25 year back pain which not even prednisone shots helped to completely resolve.

J. took a thousand foot fall when he was in the army. Like an extreme Humpty Dumpty. From that accident, he developed severe back pain that sent numbness and pins and needles down his left leg. His average pain lingered around a 3-4. Flares locked him in bed, shooting to an 8 on the pain scale. J. tried everything from PT to acupuncture, stretching to prednisone, and his back pain seemed only to be worsening.

The first day he saw me, his pain was sitting at a 5. He left our first session in 0 pain.

After 7 sessions, he was no longer experiencing the bi weekly pain spikes.

After 9, his low back pain was completely gone.

All the king’s horses and men may not be able to put Humpty together again.

But I can.
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​D. went from 6 years of constant stiffness and tightness - barely able to turn her head 20 degrees to the right and 10 to the left (normal ROM considered 90 degrees) - to full range of motion in 4 sessions.

When she first came into my office, D. could barely turn her head. Her neck rotation was about 20 degrees to the right, maybe 10 to the left. For perspective, normal range of motion here is considered 90 degrees. Tilting ear to shoulder she could get to about 5 degrees (normal measured between 20 to 45). On top of this her neck was ischemic - pale to the point of ashy from diminished blood flow. She had more tension than pain associated with these symptoms, but the limitations in motion made driving scary and interfered with many of her daily activities.

Four sessions and all D.'s symptoms resolved. She can turn her head any which way she pleases without feeling any tension, and the blood is flowing freely through her neck.

I’m who you see when you want to turn heads.
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After struggling for a year and a half with severe neck pain - 8 on the pain scale - despite seeing doctors, chiropractors, and massage therapists; the headaches and pain that made T feel "useless" vanished in just 1 session.
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T. felt useless. Drowning in agonizing pain that was taking over her life, she couldn't exercise or be present with her family. She was overwhelmed with fatigue just from holding her body upright. This was her ever-shrinking world, every day, for more than a year and a half.
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Desperate, she tried everything. She saw chiropractors and massage therapists. She saw doctors who prescribed muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatories. She stretched and did yoga. Nothing provided lasting or complete relief.
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One session with me:
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Zero Pain. No Recurrence. Running became a joy again, and she could actually live her life without collapsing under the weight of constant throbbing in her neck and shoulders.

Unbelievable, right?

Nope.

In my practice, clients experience these amazing results all the time.

In T.'s own words, "Rhiannon truly worked magic on me! She somehow got to the root of my pain and I feel better than I have in ages!"

If you're done being held hostage by and beholden to pain, let's talk. Together we can work the weird science-magick you need to break the curse and reclaim your life.
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BA went from taking 4 Xanax a day, every day for the last 10 years, to just 1 after only a 5 day free challenge with me.

​Therapy and taking 4 Xanax a day is how BA managed her childhood trauma for the past 10 years. Experiencing molestation and the deaths of her younger siblings led to agoraphobia and severe anxiety in her adult life. Her fight/flight response was on 24/7 - she punched and kicked her partner in her sleep, and never felt rested.

She stumbled across my group, Reversing the Shame Spiral, Breaking the Mask, while scrolling through Facebook. The metaphor resonated strongly and she knew she had to sign up.

Day 3 of class, we discussed the energetics of choice, and it finally clicked - not only is it not her fault her brothers died, but her choices and theirs were entirely separate. Nothing she did would have made them make a different choice or created a different outcome. Guilt killed.

This opened the door for her to make some “freeing and terrifying” self discoveries. Her guilt spiral caused her to blame herself for the molestation, unconsciously manifesting in her relationships with her children - holding them too tightly and to too high a standard - and her fiance - punishing him by keeping him at a distance. Now she not only sees these patterns and tendencies in herself and works to correct them, but recognizes similar patterns in her father and is encouraging him to find help.

When we spoke, BA was able to tell her story clearly and matter-of-fact. Before our class she would be swallowed by her history and devolve into an incomprehensible puddle. Vicious cycles of thought that would overwhelm her she can now slow down and see the truth. She is also experiencing fewer body tremors and a decrease in the severity of her drop foot, not to mention she halved her daily Xanax use and had only felt the need for 1 the day of our conversation.

And the pièce de résistance, now for the second night in a row she cuddled and carried on a fully present, full-sentenced conversation with her fiance where before she would dissociate, leaving him with only her empty shell.

What made the difference?

A well thrown wrench to stop the speeding carousel of guilt, and a few other practical tools.