Over the holidays, my dog Finn got into “something”, as dogs do, and went from “a sensitive tummy” to “doggie diarrhea and waking up every two hours.”
It’s been brutal, to be completely honest, because now he’s on a food elimination diet, or as I’ve been calling it “dog food roulette” (plus I’m literally two weeks behind in everything!).
Our holistic vet lovingly showered us with pages and pages of dog-friendly foods, veggies and supplements to laser in on the foods he can tolerate and the ones that get him (a.k.a. “me”) up at 2am. It’s like playing dog food roulette.
And THAT took me back in time when I was flailing and grasping to get a handle on my EMF sensitivities, overwhelmed and highly doubtful I’d ever get control of the situation to be proactive and minimize those triggers.
So many places to start – but which one was the right one?
At that time, I was ridiculously sensitive to EMFs, budgeting time I spent outside of my home in two-hour windows because I’d usually get triggered within that timespan.
I also had to include a few hours of recuperation time “just in case” I got triggered.
My burning motivation was to 1) get rid of the pain and 2) get my life back because the quality of my life sucked.
The biggest challenge and annoyance I had (and still do) is most people in the field only focus on getting rid of EMF fields, which a) was already done and I was still getting triggered and b) completely getting rid of radio frequency (cell phones, Wi-Fi) and electricity in my home wasn’t an option, and it’s just not realistic for most if not everyone.
Not that I’m against “the norm”, I just think only focusing on that aspect limits and prevents other solutions from coming forward, and that means the results aren’t going to be as good as they could be.
I had to stretch my brain and ditch the approach we’d been taught in certification.
After months of making lists, trying new treatments, monitoring and mapping, I had a doable go-to process and my life suckage rating had improved (yay!).
You’re going to learn what I did so you can do it for yourself.
The first thing I did was create a list of triggers and symptoms. For me, the biggies were ear, neck, and jaw pain, brain fog, like my nervous system “lit up”, feeling like I couldn’t “be” in my body, not being able to meditate and quiet my mind, occasional headaches, and sleep and dreams.
My list was realllllly long, because I’d forget one and have to keep adding to it. This is where most people get overwhelmed and stuck, because some of the symptoms completely take them out, and others just have a lot of different ones, or they have both, which was my case. But either way, clients I’ve worked with all get stuck when they start thinking about their symptoms.
Then I wrote down everything I could think of that would help my symptoms like foods, supplements, types of treatments and energy work that I knew would be helpful in some way. This is the next place people get stuck – the solutions spin-cycle, because there’s so many solutions and approaches, wanting to choose the right one, and putting off making a decision.
Let’s lighten your load and save you from getting stuck where everyone else does.
So go grab a pen, paper, some stickies and your favorite hot cup of tea and let’s get started!
1. Make a list of all of your symptoms and triggers, and keep adding to this list as you remember things.
2. Write down all of the things you can think of that will help your symptoms, like what I have above – food, supplements, any special treatments you already do or want to do, or feel drawn to. Again, this isn’t set in stone, you can keep adding to it!
3. Go back to your list of symptoms and triggers and prioritize them. You can do this by buckets (Priority 1s, Priority 2s, Priority 3s) or just start with the one you want to work with first and label that 1, then go to the second one, etc… It doesn’t matter how you do this, the goal here is to break this down from one big list into manageable chunks.
4. Pick one symptom or area to focus on out of your Pri 1s or #1 if you just did a list starting at #1 through the end. Just one. If you try and do a bunch, you’re going to get overwhelmed with the next steps, lose interest and make zero progress and then give up. We don’t want that. So pick one to work on.
5. Think about what’s there wherever your symptom or trigger is, underneath the skin and what’s going on. This is going to help you focus and reverse engineer this.
6. What are the things you can do to help boost that area of your body? For example, my symptoms were around my inner ear, jaw and side of the neck. I used to go and lie down and wait for the pain to subside, sometimes with a crystal, and sometimes I’d do cold/hot compresses. When I started this new approach, I looked at what can support my lymph nodes the best in that area? I used my list of possible solutions as a starting point and ended up trying lymphatic massage which made the pain go away, and seemed to help keep my symptoms at arms reach. If the answer doesn’t come immediately, sit down and get into a quiet space, and ask your inner knowing or that body part or symptom what it wants. My analytical brain had kept telling me to exercise to flush the toxins, and cold and heat, but I kept getting nudged to try lymphatic massage. And sure enough, when I changed my approach and listened to my intuition, along with a cross-check of solutions and treatments, that turned out to be the healing modality that worked the best for my body. So trust your inner knowing, because it’s always right.
7. When you find a treatment that resonates with you, give it at least a few treatments to monitor for improvements. This is also why I recommend starting with only one symptom and one treatment, because your results aren’t going to be clear doing too many things at once. Pick something you really like, if you can so instead of dreading it, you’ll look forward to it and you’ll stick with it longer.
8. Once you’ve mastered one symptom or area with a solution, you can pick another symptom or trigger to work on, or, you can add on another layer that supports what you’re already doing. For example, because lymphatic massage was going so well, I felt that doing more to support my body get rid of toxins was the right path before addressing another symptom. Listen to that inner knowing to guide you to your next perfect step.
Are you sensitive to EMF fields? What has been the most challenging dealing with them? Hit Reply and tell me – I always love hearing from you!
Oh, and Finn? Roasted chicken, beef, a bit of rice, blended beans and celery stew agrees with his tummy. and he’s eating like a king. I’m thankful yet.. feeling slightly bamboozled by my furry companion.
Much love,
Risa
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P.P.S. Did you know that I wrote a DIY EMF book called “What The EMF? It’s the book I wish I had when I first started learning about EMFs. It’s super easy to understand with step-by-step instructions, and nutrition and holistic solutions (Hint: you can use them for this!) and you can binge read it in a day. I’m real proud of it and you can click here to order it.
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