Dr Kirstin DC MS

29/10/2026

Daily hives was a literal portal for me.

I'm pretty passionate about this one after experiencing daily hives for over a YEAR and trying to figure out why they kept coming back.

For me, it was the beliefs and the safety and grounding work that I mentioned in this video that helped the most.

If you want to get a little woo woo, I literally learned to talk to my skin.

But this is also one of my symptoms I'm the most grateful for because it taught me how to listen to myself again.

It taught me how to stop ignoring how I was feeling, what I really wanted in any given moment, and it gave me the opportunity to take action when I could.

And I've seen a version of this play out for clients I've worked with who have dealt with recurring hives, too.

If the "normal stuff" that should be working isn't helping, and like me, you also didn't want to be taking anti-histamines everyday to *maybe* feel better, then perhaps looking at some deeper layers behind why we sometimes experience chronic symptoms is your next step.

*I'm not talking about hives that happen because you got exposed to something you know you're allergic to.

* And please don't change anything you're doing without talking to your doctor - this is for educational purposes only and is definitely not meant to diagnose, treat or cure anything.

27/10/2026

25/10/2026

When your body can't keep up with even simple life tasks, let alone building your dreams, it's a constant reminder that something isn't right and I remember how much that sucked.

And maybe you relate to the shame of wondering why everything you're doing isn't working... It's so, so heavy.

At the worst of my chronic health issues, endometriosis, fatigue and 10+ other health symptoms, trying to heal was a full time job.

And that was part of the resistance. I was doing so much, controlling so much, and pushing so hard because more effort must mean getting better faster.

For me, and many of my clients, this method just didn't work.

Not only was it exhausting, but it made healing itself feel like it was so far off that sometimes it felt like I'd never get there, even though I was relentlessly pursuing solutions.

I simply could not accept that I'd live the rest of my life in fear of pain.

The interesting thing is - all the physical things I was doing (nutrition, protocols, sleep etc) were a way to avoid and distract from the deeper work.

I was essentially avoiding the deeper emotions and stories and covering them up with more effort, and "positivity".

No wonder that strategy wasn't working.

But once I saw it, and faced it, the freedom on the other side was incredible. I'm on the other side of all the chronic health symptoms I had, and I see now how critical it is that we address all 4 bodies (physical, mental, emotional and spirit) when we say we want something in our life.

If the patterns running right now are creating alarm and danger signals to your nervous system - there will be a lot more resistance to healing than there needs to be.

And it's one main reason I see so many people doing SO much to heal and feel like they're spinning their wheels.

Follow along for part 2 for the common stories in the mental and spirit bodies around fatigue.

*This is not ALWAYS the same per client. These are common patterns but people will sometimes deviate to specific patterns for them. This is an example that will apply to some and hopefully spark some thought around possible areas in your life that may be creating some friction around your healing efforts.

23/10/2026

There are very real and legitimate imbalances in the body that can trigger anxiety that 100% need medication.

There are also cases where anxiety is your body & mind's way of communicating with you that something needs to change.

For decades I ignored my body, I ignored the signals, I worked harder, and tried to find more answers. I was doing everything I could, following the next thing and the next thing that came into my world.

I was fixated on trying to heal because the anxiety, migraines and endometriosis were stealing so many days of my life.

But I also didn't know any better. I thought this was how you treated stuff. You went to the doctor, took the meds, did the surgeries, then when that didn't work you went to see the naturopath or other alternative care person that your best friend's mom absolutely adores.

And little by little your life starts to shrink. It's harder to go out to eat because you will probably pay for it later. You stop seeing friends as much because you often have to cancel or reschedule because yet again you have a migraine. Or given up on dreams because every time you tried, you were so drained it cost you days to recover. And gosh the absolute discomfort of inconveniencing others - when the group finally decides on a place to go eat and you see all of their faces drop when you realize you can't eat there.

And as much as you try to control and grip harder, be better, do it all more perfectly, it just doesn't seem to have the effect you expected.

What I realized, now that I'm on the other side of 10+ chronic symptoms & pain, was that healing is multi-faceted. But we only ever get 1/4th of the pie. And then we are told the other 3 parts are woo woo, or not medically substantiated, and it isn't possible that your emotions or beliefs impact your physical health.

If you've ever thought of a time you were afraid and you felt sick to your stomach... That's hormones & neurotransmitters bathing every cell in your body causing a physical reaction because you felt an emotion.

If the nervous system is stressed BECAUSE of everything you're doing to try to heal - there's a lot more resistance.

The 4 bodies is about removing that resistance

20/10/2026

If the 4 bodies are new to you, here's a little more context.

I use this framework with every client because symptoms rarely live in just one place. The four bodies are constantly talking to each other. A belief like "I'm never going to get better" keeps your nervous system braced for danger. A nervous system braced for danger changes your digestion, your sleep, your hormones, your inflammation. And then the physical symptoms give the belief more evidence. Round and round we go.

That's why so many women plateau. The protocol fixes what's happening in the physical body, but if the signal is coming from somewhere else, the symptom keeps coming back.

Here's what working in each body actually looks like in my practice:

Physical: functional lab testing, nutrition, blood sugar, sleep. The foundation still matters, and anything your doctor has you on stays.

Emotional: finding the feelings that never got processed and giving them a way out. Certain symptoms tend to carry certain emotions. Inflammation, for example, is often tied to repressed anger.

Mental: finding the beliefs running underneath the symptom, where they came from, and changing them. This is where my NLP training comes in.

Energetic + spiritual: nervous system regulation and energy work, so your body actually feels safe enough to heal.

None of this replaces the physical work - it's just working on the rest of the house, too.

In part 2 takes I'm taking anxiety through all four rooms. Follow so you don't miss it.

18/10/2026

"Whether one looks at it from a medical or spiritual point of view: To be healthy is to be whole.

As I pondered what I saw with my patients and in my own journey, I realized that the fundamental issue is not: How do we become whole? But, how do we lose the wholeness that is our birthright and our nature? Then, how do we come back to it?" - Dr Gabor Maté