Just over a year ago I was given the gift of Andrew Maloney. I suffered from clinical depression and an anxiety disorder, along with IBS & a variety of other internal imbalances. I had just finished a book on the benefits of hopelessness, so I went into my 1st visit without great expectations. He proposed questions to many of my statements, such as "I need to be fixed..." "Do you?" As annoying as a question like that is for someone entertaining their own misery everyday, the simple "do you?" began to shift my mind out of the mindset of, "something's wrong with me." I realized just that thought alone could keep me sick and in need of help for my entire life! The first week of acupuncture and herbs kicked some hope back into my heels that I wouldn't have to live on mood stabilizers, anti-depressants/anxieties & laxatives to be ok the rest of my life. No no, that wouldn't have to be the way at all I came to find. Only 6 months or so into my weekly visits with Andrew was when we teamed up with my psychiatrist and began to wean me off of my pharmaceuticals and solely onto a Chinese herbal regime. Thinking back on the way it felt walking into Jade Mountain Health that first day to how I am now brings about an overwhelming feeling of empowerment ~ with Andrew's accompaniment, I conquered the common westernized belief & fear around depression being me & being my life. IT is not me, and with restored internal balance, I don't have to be IT. Through my enjoyable work with Andrew, he has helped to instill strength within the core of my being. That strength is now me, and grows each day that I am now mentally & emotionally able to take my life into my own capable hands; no fixing necessary!
~ Thankfully yours ~