Full Transcript Opening: Ask Why and the Healing Mission 0:01 I think the biggest one that sticks out in my head is ask why. 0:05 And you may be given a diagnosis and then offered to be put on medication, but rarely do they ever ask, why? 0:13 There are alternatives out there who will listen to you, who help you get to the root cause of why you're having these health challenges. 0:23 The better question is to just start asking why, ask Welcome to the resiliency method, the truth about healing. 0:30 I'm Dr. 0:30 Erica and we are here to uncover the root causes keeping you stuck. 0:34 Together we'll restore your energy, your focus and your resiliency so you can finally heal, regenerate and feel truly alive again. 0:47 What happens when a nurse working inside the system starts reading the black box warnings on vaccines and realizes something's terribly wrong? 0:57 Welcome to The Resiliency Method, the truth about healing podcast. 1:01 I'm Dr. 1:01 Erica and today's guest, Susan Hoffman, is a licensed practical nurse and a practitioner trained to work with clients using the resiliency method. 1:10 Susan actually lived the nightmare of working in conventional medicine while being gaslight by that same system about her own declining health. 1:19 After being bitten by ticks twice and dismissed by doctors who implied that she had a Prozac deficiency, Susan spent 20 years suffering with undiagnosed
Susan Hoffmanu2019s Background in Conventional Medicine 1:30 Lyme disease, watching patients getting sicker on more medications while knowing there had to be another way. 1:37 Her story of transformation and resilience took her from barely walking to almost running down the stairs. 1:44 If you've ever felt dismissed by the medical system or you have plateaued in your healing, this conversation is for you. 1:52 Welcome back to the Resiliency Method podcast. 1:55 I'm Dr. 1:55 Erica Schultz. 1:57 We are here to talk about the truth of healing today and the fact that you can heal. 2:01 And I've brought someone along with me today who has been on her own journey with her health for many years. 2:11 As they always do, those of us with the most challenging health scenarios, health cases, always make the best practitioners. 2:19 So I'd like to welcome today, Susan Hoffling. 2:23 She is a team member with us, an associate practitioner at Paramount Wellness. 2:27 We're so happy that she just joined us. 2:29 Glad to have her on board and a very seasoned and experienced healthcare practitioner with several credentials. 2:36 I'll turn it over to you to start with that. 2:39 And then we want to hear from your story. 2:42 Well, originally, my original BS is in nutrition and I also am a functional nutrition therapy practitioner and then I'm also a licensed practical nurse. 2:55 Came from the Western world. 2:57 I came from The Dark Side. 3:00 Lovingly. 3:01 Yes, very lovingly, yes. 3:05 Yes. 3:06 And so that started your journey, I guess, in the world of medicine was in a conventional path. 3:12 Yes, it was. 3:13 This is going to be a good story. 3:15 Yeah. 3:16 It's a long and winding road. 3:17 Long and windy road, yes.
Tick Bites, Dismissal, and Chronic Lyme 3:21 Well, start us off. 3:22 Tell us what it's like for you when you were in. 3:24 the Western more conventional setting, working with patients then, what kind of things did you notice that you started observing and what ultimately got 3:32 you to where you were obviously stepping off and taking a pretty big step, right? 3:37 Right. 3:37 From one path to another. 3:39 Tell us that story. 3:40 Yes. 3:41 So I have my own experience with, personal experience, with Western medicine in that I was bit by a tick in my late 30s, 3:54 not my early 30's, twice. 4:00 And I took both ticks into the doctor to get it tested for Lyme. 4:06 They pretty much laughed me out of there, dismissed everything, really gaslighted me. 4:13 Very, very frustrating because I knew something was wrong and they did test after test, after tests, which all came back negative within normal limits, 4:24 they call it. 4:25 They were doing conventional lab line testing at that time? 4:28 Yes. 4:28 Okay. 4:30 And yeah, so everything's negative pretty much, you know, insinuating that I had a Prozac deficiency. 4:39 So, but I kept getting worse and there was no help to be had through Western medicine. 4:47 As I worked as a nurse, what I noticed as people came in, was that they would come in over and over again, and this is the majority of people, 4:58 there's always exceptions, but depending on their lifestyle factors, they will just get worse and they need another medication to help them along and then 5:08 they wouldn't need medications to deal with the side effects of the medications or a surgery or something like that. 5:16 And I also noticed that None of those practitioners didn't know the first thing about nutrition and the advice they would give. 5:26 I would be in my head kind of going, run, patient run. 5:34 That's wrong. 5:36 Anyways, so that's the second thing I noticed. 5:39 The third thing, I notice was some angst for myself because I gave so many vaccines. 5:49 that I thought, you know, this is a lot on a two-month-old baby. 5:54 Are you tied to treatments, protocols, and gurus who promise results but don't deliver? 6:00 You're not alone. 6:01 For years, I struggled with my own long-term illness and I know how frustrating it feels when nothing seems to work. 6:08 That's why I developed the resiliency method. 6:10 It's a science-backed approach to combine the best of Western and ancient medicines to restore your body's natural intelligence. 6:17 Patient after patient has discovered what's possible, living stronger, brighter, and more spiritually connected than ever before. 6:25 Whether you're facing autoimmune issues, hormonal imbalances, weight struggles, or just feeling stuck, you don't need another quick fix.
Questioning Vaccines and the Limits of Western Care 6:32 You need a clear path forward. 6:34 Take the first step with a discovery call at drericaonline.com forward slash discovery. 6:40 That's D-R-E- R-I-K-A online. 6:45 com forward source discovery or dive deeper with the full initial consultation at Dr. 6:50 Erica online dot com board slash initial dash consultation because your health, your clarity and your freedom cannot wait. 7:14 I don't know, there was something inside me that was kind of going, should we look into this a little more? 7:19 And I would go back to the nursing station, pull out the thing and look at the side effects of some of these and it would say in the black box warning. 7:32 Oh, you were actually reading the black box warnings? 7:35 Yes, I was reading a blackbox warning. 7:38 Where is anybody else around you reading? 7:40 I don't know. 7:40 I, and this was when I fully buying into Western medicine and I thought it was really the only way to go. 7:54 But it kind of sent me down a road of starting to question something, starting look into some things. 8:01 Okay, so now you have me just curious. 8:03 So as you're doing this and you are showing up to work every day, clocking in maybe, did you punch cards back then? 8:11 On the computer. 8:11 On a computer, okay. 8:12 Yep. 8:13 And so you're showing up to work every day as very qualified nurse, practitioner, and you are having this like, what, turmoil inside your stomach kind 8:31 of like? 8:31 Yep, right. 8:33 What are you seeing around you? 8:34 Is there anybody that you can relate with in that context? 8:38 Are you having to keep this all to yourself? 8:40 Oh no, no. 8:41 I believe if I would have spoken up, I have been crucified, honestly. 8:48 Do you think you would've lost your job? 8:51 I'm not sure I'd have lost my job, but if told them I am not comfortable doing this anymore, then I wouldn't have. 9:01 But you were doing all the things that you're supposed to do to be in that setting. 9:09 So then what got you from that point where you are clocking in every day there to then going in a completely different path to starting to work with clients 9:18 on your own? 9:19 Right.
A Daughteru2019s Health Crisis and Turning Point 9:20 That would be my own health. 9:25 Because I was getting no answers from Western medicine, when my youngest daughter was, I think a junior in high school, she started to have a lot of digestive 9:39 problems and depression, very bad depression. 9:42 And in fact, one time she actually tried to kill herself. 9:47 And so I thought, you know what, she needs some help and I'm not trusting Western medicine right now. 9:55 You know, let me back up because I was trained that way as well. 10:01 People go in there because they want to help people. 10:04 And this is what you learn. 10:06 you'll learn something in a box and you think you're doing the right thing. 10:11 and that's what know. 10:12 So that what they're are doing, right? 10:15 Yeah, their hearts are good. 10:17 So anyways, but from my own experience, I was noticing in terms of chronic things, they're great at acute care. 10:25 Absolutely. 10:26 Right? 10:26 That's where I would go for, you know, if I were in a car crash or something, You know? 10:32 But the chronic disease process, left quite a bit to be desired. 10:39 So I wanted to take my daughter somewhere else and I to see a gal who did a certain modality that was highly recommended. 10:52 So I took my daughter there and I started noticing that she got better. 10:57 And then I thought, well, I think I'm going to give it a crack at this too. 11:02 Then for the first time I starting getting better and what I had all along was chronic Lyme disease. 11:11 And so for the first time the fog started lifting, the fatigue started easing, and the pain started going away. 11:20 Okay, so let's pause there for a second. 11:23 That's awesome. 11:23 And then I'm curious now, because the conventional pathway for someone with Lyme is going to be consecutive rounds of antibiotic treatment, 11:35 right? 11:36 So that is the conventional path. 11:38 Did you go on that for a little bit, Susan, or were you just like uncovering the lime and going more of the holistic route with that? 11:45 I did not do that, the antibiotic route, until later on when I saw integrators MD. 11:56 and then she put me on around, which I didn't, from my research, it was too late for that really. 12:02 I think maybe there's evidence that it works early, like you catch it right away. 12:09 But by this time, I'm 20 years into this and yeah. 12:14 So anyway, so I started noticing improvement for myself and I worked in Western medicine for about five years and then I got back into school to get my RN.
Concussion, Career Shift, and New Training 12:36 I was standing at a desk going over an exam and I pulled up a rolling chair behind me and went to sit down. 12:44 It was gone. 12:45 The back of my head hit the crossbeam of a stainless steel crib and got a doozy of concussion. 12:53 Eventually I had to drop out and that was actually the best thing ever because that's when I turned and decided to go. 13:01 I don't think I'm supposed to be here." And that was a whack on the head to get me to realize that's not where I was supposed be. 13:08 So that when I turned to... 13:10 Some of the best lessons are... 13:12 Exactly. 13:12 I fell into a hole where one foot went down. 13:15 Did you? 13:15 Yeah. 13:16 The best lesson are really painful. 13:18 Yeah, two surgeries, a year of recovery, learning to walk again. 13:24 break your foot. 13:27 But yeah, it was like, I said, okay, what are you trying to tell me? 13:29 Right. 13:30 Exactly. 13:30 I'm like okay. 13:33 So anyways, so that's when I started going down a different path and I got my certification in a certain therapy. 13:46 I think it was end of 2014, 2015. And that's when I opened up my business and started seeing patients, I'm sorry, clients used to being a nurse. 14:00 So, and then I've just been learning ever since. 14:06 Yes, every conference I can go to or class I could go too, I love to go and learn. 14:12 And then you had been treating me off and on because we were both trained in that original method. 14:22 It was good. 14:23 It worked for a while. 14:25 Yeah. 14:25 But I felt a little bit like I was circling the wagon for awhile. 14:29 Like I had plateaued and not gotten better past a certain level. 14:35 Yes. 14:36 And then that's when you really introduced the resiliency method. 14:40 Yeah. 14:40 And so since doing the resiliency, now you're becoming a certified practitioner in the Resiliency Method. 14:47 Yes. 14:47 Avid learner, but also a great applier of learning. 14:50 I will give you credit. 14:51 You do great with that.
Resiliency Method Results and the Power of Asking Why 14:54 But what have you noticed for your health? 14:58 since you started applying really phase two and phase three, right? 15:03 That's where we started with you. 15:05 Yeah. 15:05 I just noticed that I have improved exponentially from there. 15:11 Things are getting better so much faster. 15:15 Your knees are working again, aren't they? 15:17 Oh my goodness, my knees. 15:19 Yeah, they're doing so much better. 15:21 I can actually walk downstairs one foot at a time now. 15:25 Actually, I almost ran downstairs the other day. 15:27 Yeah. 15:27 And I'm like, oh, thank you, God. 15:29 So yeah. 15:30 That's important for chasing grandchildren that are starting to come in your room. 15:34 Yes. 15:36 Anyways, yeah, so, much improvement. 15:39 Good. 15:40 And what do you think is the thing that you would tell your patients in terms of their own health journey? 15:46 Having kind of now seen that, you can plateau and you continue to get better and get well by just asking some more questions and specifically by you helping 15:58 them ask those questions. 15:59 What do think's the biggest lesson you've gotten out of that? 16:02 You know, I think the biggest one that sticks out in my head, probably because I come from Western medicine, is ask why. 16:10 It's just not asked normally. 16:14 Ask why, okay, so this condition, whatever it is, Is affecting your life, your health, Your work, Whatever it may be. 16:28 And you may be given a diagnosis and then offered to be put on medication, but rarely do they ever ask why, why are you here? 16:40 And I would really encourage people to think about that. 16:46 And, you know, there are alternatives out there who will listen to you, who help you get to the root cause of why you're having these health challenges. 17:01 Yeah. 17:01 So the better question is to just start asking why. 17:04 Ask why? 17:05 And then ask why again. 17:06 That's what we kept doing. 17:09 Keep asking, why and see even more continued results, more or continued improvement. 17:15 And probably some of the healthcare practitioners out there, we all need to continue to ask, patients or clients into the next set of steps, 17:27 the journey for their own health. 17:29 Right. 17:29 I'm resonating with my three-year-old grandson. 17:32 Why, Nana? 17:33 Why? 17:33 I love it. 17:36 Become a three year old again. 17:38 Yes. 17:39 Awesome. 17:40 Well, thank you so much, Schutzen, for sharing your story with us today. 17:46 Thank you for having me. 17:47 We're excited to have you on our team. 17:49 Thanks for tuning into the resiliency method, the truth about healing podcasts. 17:54 If this episode spoke to you, follow, share, and leave us a review. 17:58 Are you ready to go deeper? 17:59 Book your discovery called now at drericaonline.com forward slash discovery and take your first step today.
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