How we manifested our dream property // PART 1

Trust that what is for you will not pass you by.

Our journey started with quite an unromantic beginning. It started with me feeling sick.

Something felt definitely off with my body. My throat felt tight and constricted, and I spent many nights with my head uncomfortably propped up on a pillow. Sometimes I would get strange aches in my legs or parts of my abdomen. Overall, my body felt the opposite of vibrant and my whole digestive system was out of whack.

My mind spiraled hard on some nights thinking that I might be dying.

So I started researching, experimenting, took a digestive online course, met with my nurse practitioner and tried various kinds of recommended supplements. Still no changes in how I felt inside my body.

After months and months of no change, I decided to invest in a functional medicine practitioner for wisdom and guidance. I took multiple tests (blood, urine and stool tests) and I finally received some answers on why I felt the way I did. Hallelujah!

She discovered that I had high mold toxicity in my body, which also was causing candida and yeast overgrowth. My mind was blown, but I was happy to finally have found some explanation to why I felt so strange in my body.

After learning about the mold in my body, we began mold tests for the places we could control, our house. Our house tested positive for traces of aspergillus, a fungus often found on dead leaves, stored grain and other decaying vegetation. We were told it wasn't an incredibly high amount, but for some reason I was the only one affected in my family. Learning this information definitely sent me on a highly motivated healing journey, and little did we know would spark our dream-weaving/manifesting skills into action.

During the next 3-4 months while I was on the journey to heal my body, I began an AIP diet, started focusing on mantras to help reframe my thoughts, journaled more than ever to help myself process the ups and downs of the way I felt, practiced breathing techniques to reset my nervous system, began using the sauna regularly, and became more educated and empowered about what I put in and on my body.

Rachel (my functional medicine practitioner) from Natural Health Rising was such an asset during this process. She takes a complete holistic approach to help you not only heal your body, but your mind and soul as well. With her guidance and wisdom I started to feel better, little by little. I started to put my needs at the forefront and began dreaming unapologetically of what I wanted next in life.

My husband and I had talked about where we see ourselves in 5-10 years, and it was on a spacious private property in a small cottage with mother nature all around us. We dreamed about creating a playscape for both big humans and tiny ones. We wanted monkey bars, climbing gyms, swings, a sauna, a cold plunge and access to hiking/walking trails. We dreamed of an outdoor play sanctuary where we could invite and host local community and friends to gather and connect.

This dream always seemed like it would be years away from happening, but after everything that I had experience thus far, it seemed our dreams were calling us sooner than expected. So we listened to the call.

I think the hardest part about dreaming and manifesting is actually believing it's possible and trusting the process.

With the help of Oracle cards I started transforming my thoughts to focus less on the fear and more on the possibilities. For over 6 months I had integrated Oracle cards in my morning ritual. Every single morning I would ask a question, pull a card and be open to receiving its medicine. I would write in my journal what parts resonated with me and anything else that came up on that specific topic.

Slowly over time Oracle cards had brainwashed me (in the best possible way) to find the light and wisdom in the challenges, to take time to tune in and listen to my intuition, and to make moves on what made my whole body feel electric.

to be continued...

Stayed tuned for Part 2 coming soon :)

xx

Jillian