From Chronic Pain to Passion Mentorship

What is the mentorship?

This is an opportunity to get my personalized 1:1 support with your recovery from chronic symptoms so that you can get back to doing the things you're passionate about!

Creatives often think that they need to stop pursuing their passion in order to rest and recover from chronic symptoms.

The thing is, passion doesn’t trigger symptoms, fear does. However, chasing our passion can bring on a host of fears, like fear of failing, fear of being seen, fear of criticism... alll those fears.

The problem is, if we abandon our passion — the thing that lights us up in life — we actually get plunged into more stress. Because joy and passion are crucial to reducing stress.

So, instead of stifling our passion, we need to unpack the fears that are coming up around our passion. And at the same time, we need to stay engaged with the things that feel fun and joyful and replenishing. Including our passion projects!

It's not that rest shouldn't be part of our healing plan — we do need rest for our nervous system to heal. But we need to balance it with the things that light us up!

This could be for you if...

• You're a passionate, creative person who struggles with symptoms like headaches, backaches, stiff muscles, IBS, insomnia, nerve pain, pelvic pain, TMJ, tinnitus, anxiety, autoimmune conditions, food/chemical sensitivities — or other manifestations of a stressed-out nervous system.
   

• You long to dive fully into your passion project and share your creativity with the world, but symptoms keep getting in the way and zapping your energy.
   

• You feel pressure to heal so that you can get back to work, be present for loved ones and fulfill your creative potential — but as the pressure mounts, the symptoms persist.
   

• You're frustrated by medical professionals telling you that you'll "have to manage these symptoms forever."
   

• You're equally frustrated by messages from the mind-body community suggesting you should be "100% symptom-free" in 6 months or less.
   

• You'd like to try an approach aimed at untangling symptoms at their roots, while respecting the pace and capacity of your unique nervous system and life circumstances.
   

• You're a self-starter who's growth-oriented and tends to "do the work" between sessions. (However, this doesn't mean that you need to always follow through. There will be times when taking a break is what's needed, and I encourage it!)
   

• You enjoy working with a coach who brings warmth, humor and personal experience into our sessions!

What's included?

• 6 Months of Personalized Mentorship
  You will have access to my personal support over the course of 6 months. The mentorship is customized to meet you where you're at. I will help you clarify your goals and coach and support you as you move toward them, but you will determine the direction of our work.
   

• 6 1:1 Coaching Sessions
  You'll have 6 one-on-one coaching sessions with me that are personally tailored to you. Sessions are 50-minutes each and take place on Zoom. You may schedule them monthly, weekly, biweekly or as needed — as long as they fall within the 6-month mentorship period.
   

• Email Support
  In between our sessions, you can email me for extra support any time during our 6 months. I am always there to cheer you on!
   

• Rx For Flare-Ups Mini-Course
  Symptom flare-ups can feel really scary and confusing. What if you had a reliable toolkit to help you reduce the overwhelm and guide you through the storm? This short self-paced course is that go-to toolkit.
   

• My Signature Journaling Course
  Writing to Release Chronic Pain is a 6-module, self-paced course that will show you step-by-step how to release tension and pain from your body through expressive writing.
   

• Lifetime Access to Courses
  You'll have lifetime access to the online courses, so you can go through them as many times as you like!
   

• Private Facebook Community
  This private forum is a place where you can drop in any time to share your struggles, wins and questions and get support directly from me, as well as connect with like-minded peers who "get it."

What's the investment?

A one-time payment of $1,500 or 6 monthly payments of $250.

Because of limited spots, I'm not offering sliding scale mentorships at this time. To learn about other affordable programs, please email me at anna@annaholtzman.com

I'm curious about the mentorship. How do I learn more?

Please read through all of the information above. If you think the mentorship might be a good fit for you, I'd love to chat!

You can schedule a free 15-minute feeler call using the button below. This is an opportunity for us to chat, ask questions and see if working together feels like a good fit. (And if it doesn't seem like the mentorship is the right fit at this time, I can help you find other resources that better suit your needs.)

I so look forward to getting to know you! You can also email me with questions at anna@annaholtzman.com

MEET YOUR COACH

Hi, I'm Anna! I help passionate creatives like you heal from chronic pain and other symptoms so you can reclaim your energy and live the creative life of your dreams.

I know this path because I've lived it: I'm a former film/TV editor and lifelong writer who struggled with chronic migraine for over 10 years.

Then I dove into mind-body healing, recovered from migraines, became a licensed therapist and coach, and now I'm living my dream life, spending half my time writing and creating content that matters to me and the other half helping folks like you find your own path out of the chronic cycle and into creative passion!

MY APPROACH

I view chronic symptoms as alarm signals that your nervous system fires off in response to chronic stress.

Stress can be caused by something physical, like a broken arm or a bacterial infection. But when symptoms are chronic, there are often underlying chronic emotional stressors like...

The bottom line: I'm not broken, and neither are you. Our bodies are just responding to the culture we were brought up in. A culture that has taught us to doubt our creative intuition and berate ourselves with criticism, creating an environment of chronic nervous system stress. Eventually, our bodies decided to protest with symptoms like tension and pain. When we learn to listen to our bodies and become their greatest allies, symptoms can begin to unwind!

Interested in the mentorship?

If you've read through all of the information above and you think the mentorship might be a good fit for you, I'd love to chat!

You can schedule a free 15-minute feeler call using the button below. This is an opportunity for us to chat, ask questions and see if working together feels like a good fit. (And if it doesn't seem like the mentorship is the right fit at this time, I can help you find other resources that better suit your needs.)

I so look forward to getting to know you! You can also email me with questions at anna@annaholtzman.com