Testimonials
Addressing decades of pain:
“I am so grateful to Karina for our work together as she is teaching me to reprocess my brain's misinterpretation from decades of long-standing chronic pain. She does this by utilizing the brain's natural capacity for neuroplasticity to reroute new pathways toward expanding safety, peace, comfort, and joy.
I am a retired occupational therapist who worked for over 26 years on a chronic pain management team of healthcare professionals. I thought I knew every therapeutic technique to live a full and adapted life despite chronic pain. However, the pain was increasingly intruding and disturbing my night's sleep. Which is when I followed up on a recommendation to contact Karina.
Just when I thought I knew everything, Karina brought resources and support to a much higher level. I have had more pain-free night's sleep. I have been able to utilize the techniques in my daily life to shift toward a place of neurological, physiological and psychological comfort, peace and safety, and observe pain evaporate.
Karina brings personal experience, years of research on neuroplasticity, and authentic compassion and trust in the ability of the brain to reprocess pain.
If you have chronic pain and have met Karina and are ready to do what you can to live a better life, count yourself fortunate.”
—Linda Duesterhoeft
Returning to work and joy in music after crisis:
“Before I met Karina I had a major manic episode followed by deep depression, on top of that a natural disaster damaged my home, and my father died mysteriously. This left me deeply depressed and gave me complex post traumatic stress disorder. I am a musician and when I performed I would have panic attacks that eventually became debilitating and forced me to take a break from the job I love.
This is when I met Karina. At first I was skeptical of what she was offering. I was afraid that Karina's approach sounded too good to be true and probably was not rooted in science, but in fact it was the opposite. Karina's approach is rooted in neuroscience and backed by experts.
It is not a quick trick or a silver bullet, it is a commitment to daily work that slowly turns back the effects of stress and anxiety. For me there was no one moment where I broke through, but at the end of each week I reflected and saw how I was changing. After 6 months I felt a complete change and I felt enabled to do the things I wanted to be doing.
I especially appreciated how well Karina listened to what I was experiencing and directed her recommendations specifically to me. By using the daily exercises and meditations that Karina gave me I was able to rewire my brain to respond normally to the things that used to give me joy but which now were giving me stress.
I have been able to return to the stage with even more presence and intention than before and I have reached new highs in my performances. I feel more focus and mindfulness, and I feel an even greater sense of accomplishment each time I get home from a gig.
If you are considering working with Karina, I would encourage you to go for it! If she helps you half as much as she helped me it will be transformational for you!”