I’m Wendy Spencer. I’m a Vibrancy Coach and Health and Wellness expert with a certification as Jungian Life Coach and years of experience cultivating my own Total Body Wellness.
For many years, I struggled with feelings of hopelessness, depression, and despair. Having been on and off medications since my late teens left me in a constant state of moodiness. I know full-well what side effects do to one’s body and mind: sleeplessness, nausea, and inconsistent habits, resulting in an unhappy life.
A misguided life.
It was only once I received guidance from a beloved nurse that my life began to change; she taught me the importance of self-care: supplementation (Vitamins B and D, fish oil), rest/sleep, proper nourishment, exercise.
Taking care of ALL of me then led to joining Weight Watchers. I had never struggled with weight, having been active throughout my school years, until I started psychiatric medications. Weight Watchers taught me healthy habits, some I still incorporate today, but also began some not-so-healthy ones.
I began super restricting and then bingeing, though this mindset had long held its grip on me since early teendom, when I started taking fiber pills and idolized those who were anorexic, feeling the only way I would ever be loved was to be as skinny as possible.
After only a year in WW, I began to question if I really wanted to be counting points at 80 and how feasible that was to a life of freedom.
I wanted to find my own path.
This led me to read books on not dieting.
Once gaining greater awareness into other perspectives on weight and body image, I started to consider my overall well-being, i.e., how happy I was and where I wanted to BE in life.
My life started to take shape as “The Things I Leave Behind.”
First, it was my job; a job I had been in for nearly ten years, gained an incredible base in, as a professional woman.
Then, it was church.
And ultimately, my marriage. A loving marriage. One of nearly twenty-six years.
Yet…I needed to find Wendy. Who was she? Who did I want to become? What kind of life had I always dreamed of…and known was possible.
As painful as it was to say goodbye to the parts of “me” I had become, I knew the only way forward was out.
The more I took care of myself, the more aware I became. Aware of how disconnected I felt.
My Wellness Path began in early 2008, when I started to practice the real meaning of full-body self-care.
Freedom came from listening to myself.
And that is where yours comes from.
Only you have the answers for yourself.
I am here to help you trust yourself.
Deeper…as deep as you are willing to go.
