After living for years with a disability so challenging that she was unable to work, growing financial strain related to ongoing care, and no solution available through typical healthcare, Sabrina Bodden decided to take responsibility for her own education about her body, nutrition and energy. She was able to heal, get back to work and even discovered her own mighty purpose.
Now she is hopes, through NūNa Wellness (www.nunawellness.com), to be a tool for the universe to create a solution for people who cannot afford care they could drastically benefit from. Sabrina shares her story full of lessons for us and discusses how she enlists others to help her to live her mighty purpose.
Now she is hopes, through NūNa Wellness (www.nunawellness.com), to be a tool for the universe to create a solution for people who cannot afford care they could drastically benefit from. Sabrina shares her story full of lessons for us and discusses how she enlists others to help her to live her mighty purpose.
Can you share a little about your life before you started NūNa Wellness?
I lived with a severe "incurable" disability for 3-4 years that put me out of work and unable to even leave my home one summer because it was just too painful and overwhelming to put on clothing. I had to have a support worker come to my home and help me with everyday needs when I was only 21 years old.
I went into a great amount of debt just to survive that time, and once I did begin working again, spent more than 50% of my annual income on chiropractic and other natural forms of health care. The situation I was in was impossible... but thanks to a great deal of generosity and flexibility from my care providers, and thanks to a lot of education regarding my body, nutrition, and energy, I was able to heal and get back to work!
I [am] still unable to work most jobs full time, and struggling to compete for even part time jobs due to my continued limitations and needed accommodations. I found myself guided through a variety of means to pursue this dream, because "if not now, then when; and if not me, then who"?
You mentioned in your survey responses that you feel like very little stops you in pursuing a mighty purpose everyday now that you are doing three things: "listening to the signals you've received", "stopped repeating patterns of failure" and "gave into serving others". Can you share more about these three new behaviors? How did you discover these? How do you do them? What was life like before you discovered them? What advice would you give someone who wants to live like that?
I still believe that when I'm able to hold fast to those ideas, nothing can stop me... but now that I'm approaching a rent deadline on our new space, I'm feeling more vulnerable to fear. It's hard to figure out how to stop fear, and I suppose like anything you can't control, you simply have to sit with it, let it happen, and try to learn from it whatever messages are being sent your way.
I'm doing my best to proceed "as if the money is there" with faith, but [rent] deadline is coming so quickly, and my cultural patterning has taught me to feel irresponsible and selfish for putting myself and my partner whom I live with at risk with our finances. However, I believe that there is more to prosperity than a fear based system of control and "gripping" our incomes, and I'm taking this chance to allow the universe to see that I'm open to more abundance.
These beliefs and behaviors stem largely from a book that I stumbled across (there really are no coincidences) called The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity. It guided me to begin operating from a space of abundance and faith rather than from the space of poverty and hopelessness I had been in. It asks me to continue pursuing this endeavor with all of my heart, and that just when I need it, things will fall into place. I'm staying committed to creating accessible services and paying my therapists well, so rather than trying to get every penny I can out of the clients and my workers, I've been trying to figure out how I can add value to their dollar, and how to show more appreciation and support to my team. I trust that if I focus on creating a great environment for our guests and our therapists, the financial part will work out.
What are you called to do right now and how does that relate to NūNa Wellness? It's clear you are personally interested in issues related to disability and health.
The book I mentioned previously also taught me a good way of deciphering our purpose in life (and knowing that it's a choice, not a pre-destined matter of fact), being that you simply ask yourself what about the world A)Needs fixing/improving, B)Would be fun for you to work on, and C) Is related to your personal story which has given you the understanding and tools to contribute to this solution. For me, it's clearly "health care".
We are lucky to have such amazingly knowledgeable specialists in Western Medicine, but it's a fallacy of our culture that we rely on them for our "health care". They are disease, surgery, and drug experts. They are not experts on the health and well being of the human body and it's interactions and reactions to the world around it (unless they've gone above and beyond and studied outside of the traditional medical school curriculum). I would like to help redefine the paradigm of health care so that it is more about health and offers much greater care.
The population I am most interested in helping improve care for are those disabled with chronic pain and other health conditions, who are unable to work and are not receiving enough assistance to afford the holistic care that might dramatically improve their lives. I want to start there, but I see a bigger picture of fragmented and ineffective medical care, and I believe this is a valuable cause to dedicate my life to.
You seem unafraid to reach out the broader community to help you live your purpose. Recently, you started an IndieGoGo campaign (www.indiegogo.com/wellnesscommunity) to raise funds to expand your clinic. Can you tell us more about this campaign and other ways you enlist others?
I wouldn't say I was unafraid, in fact, it's terrifying putting myself out there and making myself vulnerable to the judgment and energy of others.
I was inspired by a friend of mine that recently reached her goal of raising about $4500 to help her produce and record her first album. She is a musician and vocalist with a rare and extraordinary talent. Her ability to speak her truth, ask for what she really wanted from the world, and be successful in her quest, showed me that there's more ways than working myself to death to make my dreams come true.
If you are interested in learning more you can check out www.nunawellness.com or www.indiegogo.com/wellnesscommunity. They are accepting new clients, have nice holiday gift packages, or even will accept positive "mojo" sent their way.
I lived with a severe "incurable" disability for 3-4 years that put me out of work and unable to even leave my home one summer because it was just too painful and overwhelming to put on clothing. I had to have a support worker come to my home and help me with everyday needs when I was only 21 years old.
I went into a great amount of debt just to survive that time, and once I did begin working again, spent more than 50% of my annual income on chiropractic and other natural forms of health care. The situation I was in was impossible... but thanks to a great deal of generosity and flexibility from my care providers, and thanks to a lot of education regarding my body, nutrition, and energy, I was able to heal and get back to work!
I [am] still unable to work most jobs full time, and struggling to compete for even part time jobs due to my continued limitations and needed accommodations. I found myself guided through a variety of means to pursue this dream, because "if not now, then when; and if not me, then who"?
You mentioned in your survey responses that you feel like very little stops you in pursuing a mighty purpose everyday now that you are doing three things: "listening to the signals you've received", "stopped repeating patterns of failure" and "gave into serving others". Can you share more about these three new behaviors? How did you discover these? How do you do them? What was life like before you discovered them? What advice would you give someone who wants to live like that?
I still believe that when I'm able to hold fast to those ideas, nothing can stop me... but now that I'm approaching a rent deadline on our new space, I'm feeling more vulnerable to fear. It's hard to figure out how to stop fear, and I suppose like anything you can't control, you simply have to sit with it, let it happen, and try to learn from it whatever messages are being sent your way.
I'm doing my best to proceed "as if the money is there" with faith, but [rent] deadline is coming so quickly, and my cultural patterning has taught me to feel irresponsible and selfish for putting myself and my partner whom I live with at risk with our finances. However, I believe that there is more to prosperity than a fear based system of control and "gripping" our incomes, and I'm taking this chance to allow the universe to see that I'm open to more abundance.
These beliefs and behaviors stem largely from a book that I stumbled across (there really are no coincidences) called The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity. It guided me to begin operating from a space of abundance and faith rather than from the space of poverty and hopelessness I had been in. It asks me to continue pursuing this endeavor with all of my heart, and that just when I need it, things will fall into place. I'm staying committed to creating accessible services and paying my therapists well, so rather than trying to get every penny I can out of the clients and my workers, I've been trying to figure out how I can add value to their dollar, and how to show more appreciation and support to my team. I trust that if I focus on creating a great environment for our guests and our therapists, the financial part will work out.
What are you called to do right now and how does that relate to NūNa Wellness? It's clear you are personally interested in issues related to disability and health.
The book I mentioned previously also taught me a good way of deciphering our purpose in life (and knowing that it's a choice, not a pre-destined matter of fact), being that you simply ask yourself what about the world A)Needs fixing/improving, B)Would be fun for you to work on, and C) Is related to your personal story which has given you the understanding and tools to contribute to this solution. For me, it's clearly "health care".
We are lucky to have such amazingly knowledgeable specialists in Western Medicine, but it's a fallacy of our culture that we rely on them for our "health care". They are disease, surgery, and drug experts. They are not experts on the health and well being of the human body and it's interactions and reactions to the world around it (unless they've gone above and beyond and studied outside of the traditional medical school curriculum). I would like to help redefine the paradigm of health care so that it is more about health and offers much greater care.
The population I am most interested in helping improve care for are those disabled with chronic pain and other health conditions, who are unable to work and are not receiving enough assistance to afford the holistic care that might dramatically improve their lives. I want to start there, but I see a bigger picture of fragmented and ineffective medical care, and I believe this is a valuable cause to dedicate my life to.
You seem unafraid to reach out the broader community to help you live your purpose. Recently, you started an IndieGoGo campaign (www.indiegogo.com/wellnesscommunity) to raise funds to expand your clinic. Can you tell us more about this campaign and other ways you enlist others?
I wouldn't say I was unafraid, in fact, it's terrifying putting myself out there and making myself vulnerable to the judgment and energy of others.
I was inspired by a friend of mine that recently reached her goal of raising about $4500 to help her produce and record her first album. She is a musician and vocalist with a rare and extraordinary talent. Her ability to speak her truth, ask for what she really wanted from the world, and be successful in her quest, showed me that there's more ways than working myself to death to make my dreams come true.
If you are interested in learning more you can check out www.nunawellness.com or www.indiegogo.com/wellnesscommunity. They are accepting new clients, have nice holiday gift packages, or even will accept positive "mojo" sent their way.