I've spent many years going the therapy route, finding many alternative therapy methods that are extremely effective dealing with food issues and emotional baggage. (Meridian therapies and Metaphoric therapies have been the most effective for me.) I knew a major component of my corpulence was due to past unresolved traumas, and I'd have to take care of those first, or I'd just gain all the weight back that I lost. All the therapy has made me a much more emotionally-balanced person and I'm finally ready to release the weight and be whole, but dang it, I still have to change those eating habits! (s'why I'm here....)

The reason for saying this is that I know some people here in the Valley who you Phx ladies might be interested in talking to.

I have a friend who's a metaphoric therapist (Master's in Psychology, certified in Hypnotherapy and RET therapy) who has recommended to me an herbalist who uses kinesiology to help determine what herbs and supplements the body needs to get back in balance. Helen has watched as clients she has sent to the herbalist dropped lots of weight, when she as a therapist was unable to help them. Helen's been to her, too, and her health has improved also.

I'm guessing if you've been doing holistic and/or alternative therapies, energy- testing or muscle-testing (kinesiology) is unlikely to be new to you. The herbalist is here in the East Valley (I'm in Mesa). I was planning to schedule an appointment with her soon. Are we allowed to share recommendations of specialists -- names, phone numbers -- on this forum, or is that supposed to be done privately? I don't want to break the rules. This herbalist has also had excellent results in helping people get their bodies balanced so they can release the extra weight.

Also, if you can find a Chiropractic physician who uses Kinesiology in his practice, that's an excellent route. These doctors are able to let the body itself tell them through kinesiology which problem or imbalance to correct first, and so on, so that all treatments "hold". If you did a search on Chiropractic plus Kinesiology you can research it. I wish there were more of these kinds of Chiros out there--I've found only one in the Valley, and he helped my son finally heal from an accident that affected his back, when all the other chiro treatments we tried failed. I was a skeptic for many years regarding kinesiology, but in the last few years I've found it to be a reliable diagnostic tool in the right hands.

FWIW
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