This is Me
Are you ready to slow down & listen?
Welcome to my world, Beautiful
I'm Ingrid,
Welcome to my corner of the internet, where I’m excited to share a glimpse into my personal journey with you. My hope is that by getting to know me a little better, you’ll feel like you’ve found a safe space to turn to during challenging times. So, let’s dive in! However, before we proceed, I kindly ask you to be mindful as the content may contain triggers.
From a young age, the desire to have children has always been close to my heart. When I met my husband, that longing grew even stronger, knowing that he would make an incredible father. Our paths crossed in September 2010, and it was a truly magical and unexpected encounter. Looking back, it’s amusing how my husband often jokes about how I randomly showed up at his house, but I assure you, there’s a little more to the story.
During those early days, infertility, miscarriage, stress, and anxiety were foreign concepts to me. They were subjects rarely discussed openly, but it’s time to change that. We often hear people casually mention feeling stressed, but do we truly understand the detrimental impact it can have on our well-being? Somewhere along the way, our fast-paced lives led us to disconnect from our own bodies.
If you’re curious to learn more about my journey, I invite you to read on below…
How It Started
At the age of 26, I met my husband, and two years later, in March 2012, we embarked on our journey as a married couple. In December 2011, I made the decision to quit smoking, and shortly after our wedding, I made the conscious choice to stop taking birth control. I had been on hormonal contraception for approximately 14 to 15 years.
The years that followed were filled with financial and emotional challenges. It wasn’t until I organized a Mindfulness challenge in 2021 that I truly realized the extent of the stress my body had been under. Slowing down and taking a closer look revealed so much.
Read the outline below
My journey...
Let’s rewind to May 2015, a significant turning point in my life. It was the day we experienced our first miscarriage while we were house and pet sitting, coinciding with a midwife appointment.
Fortunately, I had taken leave from my full-time job at that time, allowing me to spend most of my days in the comforting embrace of a bath, seeking solace. We chose to carry the weight of our grief privately, even as life resumed its usual pace upon my return to work a week later.
In the aftermath of that heartbreaking loss, we made a conscious decision to embrace a natural approach to our journey. Today, I can confidently say that I have no regrets about that choice. While acknowledging the value of Western medicine, we opted for a more holistic path. Regardless of the method chosen—natural conception, assisted reproduction like IVF, or any other approach—navigating the realms of fertility comes at a substantial cost.
Financially stretched to our limits, we did what we could to manage.
Towards the end of 2017, I took a leap of faith and started my own business, which has evolved through various iterations, shaping me into the person I am today (as I write this in May 2023).
Significant shifts began to occur when I set one of the most transformative intentions in 2019: “To break the cycle of generational trauma within my family.”
From that point forward, my perspective changed, my eyes were opened, and I became an attentive listener to the signals from my own body. I delved into the realms of energy healing, chakra work, and, in 2021, I embraced mindfulness, which has become one of my most frequently employed modalities.
You may be familiar with Bessel van der Kolk’s book, “The Body Keeps the Score.” In essence, it reveals that any form of trauma—both emotional and physical—is imprinted within our bodies, specifically within our chakras. Over time, these blockages manifest as discomfort, pain, anxiety, depression, infertility, and eventually disease.
As the years passed, our journey towards conception continued, now spanning a decade. Throughout this journey, I have dedicated myself to exploring various healing modalities, accumulating a toolbox of techniques that I wish to share with women like you. If you’ve read this far, I believe something I’ve expressed has resonated with you. I aim to guide and empower you, teaching you how to support yourself through the challenges of infertility, stress, and anxiety. (Ps: I am not taking on clients at the moment)
As the years passed, our journey towards conception continued, now spanning a decade. Throughout this journey, I have dedicated myself to exploring various healing modalities, accumulating a toolbox of techniques that I wish to share with women like you. If you’ve read this far, I believe something I’ve expressed has resonated with you. I aim to guide and empower you, teaching you how to support yourself through the challenges of infertility, stress, and anxiety.
In 2021, I took a deep dive into mindfulness, which proved to be a profoundly beautiful tool. Grateful for the opportunity my business provided, it allowed us to regain our stability. After reconnecting with my body through the mindfulness challenge, I made a conscious decision in 2022 to slow down significantly. I embarked on a journey of self-care, focusing on recovering from anxiety, a lifetime of stress, and preparing myself for the path to parenthood, especially following a second miscarriage in March 2022.
Now, in May 2023, I update this message, acknowledging that we are still on this journey. Stay tuned, as I will continue to share more about my personal healing process.
You may wonder why you should work with me. Well, I walk the same path as you do, and I possess an innate calling to support and educate women on holistic approaches to managing life stress, anxiety, and infertility. Moreover, I have experienced the depths of grief, fear, and disappointment month after month. While I cannot guarantee the specific outcome you desire so intensely, I am confident that the tools I possess can profoundly transform your life on multiple levels.
For now you can join me on my blog, Youtube or my personal Instagram.
Kind Words
Dear Ingrid,
Thank you for this beautiful reading. The way you presented this made it feel extra special and sacred. Your words and personal thoughts on my reading really added to the overall experience. This was valuable to me and resonated deeply.
I appreciate you sharing your heart.
South Africa
Good morning!
I just read the cards and wow, perfect timing for them both.
I’m just about to head to work but I will send more details tonight when I am done because they were honestly the most perfect cards for right now
Canada
All I can say is WOW… you have blown my mind.
So a bit of a back story, we have been trying to fall pregnant this year and I have had 2 miscarriages – after tests etc it turns out my thyroid is underactive which plays a huge part so I am now on medication etc, I have always been scared of speaking up and definitely can be a people pleaser – Louise Hay says the thyroid is linked to the throat chakra so this just confirms I have more work to do! And secondly, the Called card saying I am embarking on a new journey…. I am now 7.5 weeks pregnant and I am absolutely terrified but this card telling me I am on the right path is really really soothing for my soul and mind that does not stop worrying.
Thank you SO much, it really resonated with me in more ways than one. I will definetly be getting another reading from you!
Thank you again lovely