You've done everything you were supposed to.
The detoxes, the supplements, the lab tests, the re-processing, the energy work, the homeopathy - all of it.
You’ve followed the experts, searched for the magic bullet, you've tried to force your body into healing. And yet, the symptoms remain (or worse, multiply). You're exhausted. Confused. Pretty over it tbh.
I've been there - I did the detoxes and diets, I chased remedies and cures. But the thing that was missing wasn't anywhere out there. No, the thing that needed to heal was beneath the symptoms: it was my relationship with myself. When I finally stepped back and started to take my life into my own hands and face the stories that were no longer working for me, I was able to see what I truly needed. That's when my health started to change.
Before Similimum, I was scared of my symptoms. They felt foreign and not a part of me - I just wanted them gone. After Similimum, I felt such a deep connection to Myself and realized that symptoms are an invitation to meet myself. I was able to connect to my Vital Force and to parts of me that have been hiding.
I've realized through this course that nothing is outside of me - I am the remedy; I am what I need, and I can trust myself and my body. Paula was wonderful as always. I have taken many of her courses and always come away with something profound. I would recommend Similimum to anyone.
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Before Similimum, I was not in touch with my vital force. I can now feel where it resides at any given time. I can connect with myself quickly and deeply. I am listening and holding space for myself in ways that I never have. I now relate to my symptoms and my body in a way that brings ease and healing rather than stagnation and suffering.
I feel vibrant, confident, connected, clear, and capable again, and that is pretty incredible. Thank you, Paula, for creating this amazing container for expansion. Not only was it elevating, it was SO FUN! I am forever grateful.
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Similimum helped me love my symptoms more. I was kind of seesawing back and forth before this... some days I was more accepting and other days I was outright pissed off that I still haven't healed after all these years.
Week 2 really changed the way I saw my skin. I see it with more grace now and have a DEEP appreciation for what my vital force is doing. I catch myself going down the old road and I can quickly remind myself that that road wasn't working and causing my body more stress. I basically aim not to stress my VF out more, give it time, love, appreciation and the SPACE to help balance me again! I'm no longer getting in its way.
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I entered Similimum after receiving a diagnosis of breast cancer. This container allowed me to explore my own voice and become clear on my own needs. It allowed the diagnosis to be seen more like a guide instead of something to defeat. The community sharing allowed me to see myself in the struggles of being a human and bring more self compassion to my own journey.
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Underneath the doubt, confusion, and myriad of symptoms, is your Vital Force; the energy that enlivens you.
Your Vital Force uses your symptoms to do a few things:
1. Meet your needs (the way hunger reminds you to eat)
2. Adapt to threat (the way adrenaline gets you moving)
3. Regain balance after threat (the way you get tired after exertion)
Ultimately, to keep you alive.
When a threat is perceived to be prolonged, the healing process isn't allowed to complete, or needs are denied, symptoms persist and we call them "chronic dis-ease". Then we blame the body for "malfunctioning".
But your body isn't broken or confused.
It's responding appropriately to your life experience - whether its a present day threat or a remembered one.
The real problem? There's a chasm of disconnect between you and your vital force and it's causing you to work against the very essence that is trying to heal you.
Searching outside of yourself for solutions
Fearing your symptoms
Believing your body is failing you
Not able to see the deeper purpose behind your symptoms
Seeing your symptoms as a checklist of things to fix
Feeling overwhelmed by all the approaches to healing
Then it’s time to bridge that gap. It’s time to listen, to reconnect, to work with your body instead of against it.
That’s exactly what Becoming the Similimum is here to guide you through.
No longer fear or fight them, but see them as messengers guiding you toward deeper healing.
Learn to listen, trust, and respond to your body with compassion rather than frustration.
Develop confidence in your own inner wisdom and healing process and more clarity on what external supports you need
Gain a new perspective on working with your symptoms, plus new tools for how to engage with them.
Learn how to move through this course and download your guidebook!
Welcome to week one!
This week is all about the Vital Force, the energy that enlivens you. The audio below will guide you through a brief lesson on the Vital Force, a meditation, and today's prompts.
Symptoms are the language of our body. Our vital force creates them and uses them as tools to express our needs, adapt to changes in our environment, protect us from threat, help us grow stronger, advocate for our needs, and say no.
This week's goal: to relate to your symptoms in a new way so you can collaborate with more ease.
Hands down, my favourite prompts are embedded in this module. This is where you'll really start to dig into the meaning behind your symptoms, to understand the needs, boundaries, and adaptations that they're expressing.
In this module you're going to explore your personal projects. These are the things in your life that you commit your energy to - often our primary obstacles to cure. Obstacles to cure are things that are fuelling symptoms in our body, that no matter what remedy we take, until those things change, symptoms will persist.
This session, you're going after the cheese.
Don't worry, that'll make sense once you dive in.
Closing out the last five weeks and reflecting on your transformation.
Nice to meet you!
Homeopath and professional puzzle solver, Paula brings new, grounded perspectives to the art of healing, to help reignite your connection with your body and vital force. In Similimum, she'll be teaching foundational concepts to re-frame the way you think about your symptoms and practical prompts for self-exploration so you can work with your body instead of against it.