Auto-Immune Dis-Ease

Aloha mai and welcome back to my little corner of the interwebs!

This week, I want to dive into something deeply personal—the connection between energetic blockages and autoimmune disease.

First off, I’m not a medical practitioner, and this is not medical advice. I can only share my personal experiences and the profound shifts I’ve witnessed on my own healing journey.

My Diagnosis & Awakening

Back in October 2020, I went in for a routine check-up. My doctor ran blood tests and noticed that my thyroid levels were off, leading to further testing and a referral to an endocrinologist. After reviewing my results, he diagnosed me with hyperthyroidism and goiter—my thyroid was enlarged and overproducing hormones, causing me to lose weight without trying, develop heat sensitivity, and experience a high resting heart rate and hand tremors.

From there, I underwent ultrasounds and nuclear medicine scans to check for nodules that could explain the overproduction of hormones. The results? No nodules—yay!—but I was officially diagnosed with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder where my body was attacking my own thyroid.

I felt relieved it wasn’t something more serious, but also dread—autoimmune diseases can’t be cured, only managed. This led me down a deep rabbit hole of understanding how energy blockages manifest as physical ailments.

The Throat Chakra & Suppressed Truth

I began to reflect on why my body was attacking itself. What was I suppressing?

I realized that from a young age, I was conditioned—like so many women—to make myself smaller, to be agreeable, to suppress my emotions, desires, and truth. Every time I was silenced by my parents or authority figures, my body was learning to hold things in rather than express them.

I also discovered that Graves’ disease is genetic—likely passed down from my mother, who was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in the 90s, before Graves’ was widely recognized. This illuminated something powerful: the illness wasn’t just mine to carry—it was also ancestral.

As I continued researching, I found a deep connection between the throat chakra and the thyroid. Our throat chakra governs our ability to express ourselves, speak our truth, and stand in our authenticity. The more I understood this, the more I saw the direct link between my suppressed voice and my autoimmune condition.

Energy Healing & My First Breakthrough

Determined to heal on a deeper level, I booked my first distance energy healing session with Riana (@RSTalchemy on IG).

The session left me feeling both calm and energized, and the messages that came through helped me recognize what I needed to heal energetically in order to heal physically. After a few more sessions, I began to notice a difference—not just in how I felt, but in my blood work. My antibody levels dropped, my body responded better to medication, and I was making progress.

This experience changed everything. Soon after, I began studying Reiki under the same practitioner who first guided me. Learning Reiki gave me the tools to facilitate my own healing. After a year and a half of deep throat chakra work and energy healing, my doctor told me that my Graves’ disease was in remission—I no longer needed medication.

This was HUGE. I had proof that the energy healing I was doing was physically transforming my body.

Relapse, Expansion & Energy Pulling

For 14 months, I was completely off medication. But then, my Graves’ disease flared up again.

This time, however, I wasn’t afraid. Instead of spiralling into panic, I turned to the tools I had learned. At that point, I was enrolled in a psychic development cohort, called Step into your lightworker (@brittney.van.gestel on IG), where I expanded my energy healing practice to include shadow work and energy pulling—a technique that not only sends healing energy but also identifies and clears trapped energy stored in the body.

Through these practices, I was able to prevent my condition from escalating. More importantly, I learned how to:
✨ Trust my body’s signals rather than fear them.
✨ Express my needs authentically rather than suppress them.
✨ Move past limiting narratives that kept me stuck.
✨ Appreciate my ever-changing body and care for her in both physical and energetic ways.

If You’re on a Healing Journey…

If you’re looking to deepen your physical healing through energy work but aren’t sure if you’re ready for my 1:1 container, I offer one-off energy consults.

In these sessions, I:
🌿 Read the energy of each chakra, identifying blockages and messages your body is holding.
🌿 Send healing energy to those areas.
🌿 Provide guidance to help you understand how to support your own healing journey.

I meet you exactly where you are and help you unlock the next layer of your healing.

If this resonates, let’s connect. You are capable of so much more healing than you’ve been led to believe. 💜