🌿 This Is Me Now: A 13-Week Epic Cleanse & Detox Journey

By Christie Mann
Published: August 22, 2024
Filed under: Wellness, Detox, Hormonal Health, Costa Rica

🌀 This Is Me Now

Reclaimed. Reset. Restored. Reignited. Reimagined.

And here’s the thing: it’s definitely not the ending, but rather it’s just the beginning of a new/next chapter.

It’s been a reconnection to a way of living—that I had fallen away from for a bit.

By committing to this process, I am proud to say that I unequivocally achieved my top 2 desired intentions:

1. It was an act of self-love and a reminder to myself that I am worth this level of care and dedication. In fact, it was an explicit reminder that I HAVE TO BE; No Ifs, Ands, or Buts About It!
2. It was a declaration to the jungle that my intention of being here is to co-create & integrate. To let Costa Rica know that I did not come to cannibalize or colonize, but rather I have come in peace. I am listening for, digesting, and acknowledging the potent medicine of this land.

✨ Here’s What Else I Got
Christie Mann xo

🌙 Hormonal Reset

Things were waaaayyyy out of whack! In 2022 I was diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (how’s that for a label to trigger neurosis on top of neurosis 🤔).

During the luteal phase—the week or so leading up to menstruation—I would get massive lows and my capacity to flow with life was significantly impacted. I experienced symptoms of depression, anxiety, sleep irregularities, and many physical ailments, which would heighten depending on how much stress I was experiencing that specific month. At times, there had even been suicidal ideation because apparently my brain was not tracking the normal drop in estrogen and progesterone during this phase—leaving me exhausted and in despair.

👉 INTO THE SECOND MONTH OF THE DETOX, I NOTICED A HUGE SHIFT.

The shift was that on day 29, I just started bleeding. I was in awe because I didn’t have the usual depressive and disruptive 7-10 day lead-up to the crescendo, and the physical ailments that used to plague me had also dramatically decreased.

This was liberating and got my attention.

🏆 Volunteer Spotlight

This month’s volunteer is Reese Miller and her sister Olivia Wilson.
It’s wonderful to recognize this duo for their volunteer work this month. Their selflessness and dedication to helping others are truly inspiring.

Let’s take a moment to appreciate their efforts and encourage others to follow in their footsteps.

When they aren’t volunteering, you’ll find these sisters enjoying the beach and hanging out with friends!

🌿 The Red Tent Tea

My guide also made me a special tea for this phase of my cycle to help give my body and mind more nourishment—much of what it had been starved of for so long. Herbs like: organic motherwort, nettle & raspberry leaf, lemon balm, vitex berries, mugwort, horsetail, and roses.

I respectfully named this tea: The Red Tent Tea, in honor of the cultures who create space for women to bleed in community & communion, while being cared for.

This act of devotion and self-care has never been something I’ve allowed myself. Our society does not encourage time nor space to honor our cycles as the potent self-cleansing power sources they are, but rather, like many high-functioning women...

I’VE BEEN IN A DESTRUCTIVE CYCLE FOR OVER 3 DECADES OF SHAMING MYSELF FOR MY DIMINISHED CAPACITY AND ENERGY ON THE DAYS LEADING UP TO AND DURING MY MOON.

Well, no longer. I have reclaimed this potent passage as my “Red Tent time,” when I intentionally carve out time and space, allowing myself the true deep rest required to let the body perform this monthly miracle.

THIS in itself has changed everything and would be enough for me to enroll in this process again and again.

⚖️ Weight Release

11 pounds to be exact!

I am 3 pounds shy of my pre-pandemic weight. My old clothes fit again, I feel like ME, my confidence and energy have increased. I am moving with more grace, ease, and I feel AMAZING!

When I look back at pictures from 3 years ago—which was, for where I was geographically located, the peak of the befall of the pandemic—I was 30 pounds heavier than I am now. I was using food to cope with significant feelings of boredom, isolation, loneliness, fear, and grief.

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🌿 Thank You, Daniel

And last but certainly not least, to Mr. Daniel Tardy, my Detox Guide & Transformational Coach, for without him, none of this would’ve transpired.

Your ability to tune-in to each individual and customize a journey to get Light is awe-inspiring, and your coaching & guidance along the way is top-notch (and I’m a tough critic, being in the coaching & human transformation field for almost 2 decades).

Thank you, thank you, thank you—more please.

If this has sparked something in you, reach out to Daniel to learn more:
👉 @get.light.today

YOU ARE SO WORTHY OF THIS EDUCATION, TIME & DEVOTION!

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