Discovering Truth and Freedom Through Chronic Illness

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This four-part course offers tools to navigate the challenges of chronic illness while fostering healing and self-discovery. We'll explore mindfulness, self-compassion, love, healing guided imagery, Tonglen, and many restorative meditations to connect with our deeper strength and essence.


This four-part course offers tools to navigate the challenges of chronic illness while fostering healing and self-discovery.

1️⃣ Practices to Hold Our Suffering introduces mindfulness, compassion, loving-kindness, guided imagery, and Tonglen to create space for healing.

2️⃣ Honoring Our Suffering explores intense emotions that arise from chronic illness, teaching how to validate and embrace them with care and understanding.

3️⃣ Self-Care focuses on lifestyle medicine, including sleep, nutrition, movement, relationships, and stress management to nurture your whole self.

4️⃣ Cultivating Wise Hope helps you develop resilience and embrace the moment with clarity and strength.

Each section includes guided practices for an embodied experience of healing. Chronic illness is challenging, but it can also be a path to transformation and deeper connection with yourself.

Join me to discover how truth and freedom can emerge even in the face of illness. Together, let’s find strength and hope!

What You Will Learn

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Learn about mindfulness, self-compassion, loving-kindness, and healing guided imagery
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Let go of self-blame around illness
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Feel empowered with restorative and insightful meditations
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Learn ways to take better care of yourself along the path of chronic illness
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Discover your deeper essence and strength beyond the limitations of chronic illness

Meet Your Teacher and Guide

Theresa Kulikowski-Gillespie
Theresa Kulikowski-Gillespie is a functional medicine physician assistant, mindfulness meditation teacher, author, Army veteran, mother, military spouse, and former elite gymnast. As a gymnast, she was a member of the 1995 World Championship Team, the 1996 Olympic alternate, and a 14-time All-American and 3xNCAA champion at the University of Utah. After her gymnastics career, she became a physician assistant and served in the Army, deploying to Tikrit, Iraq, before leaving service in 2012.

Her own decade-long healing journey through complex health challenges led her to functional medicine and mindfulness. She completed the ADAPT Functional Medicine Practitioner Program, has completed all required trainings with the Institute for Functional Medicine, and earned a mindfulness teacher certification through Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield’s program in 2021.

Theresa has authored Beyond the Battlefield and Beyond the Chalk Box. 

She is dedicated to empowering others on their healing path through functional medicine, introspective practices, nurturing community, and fierce compassion. 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1: How do I access the audios?

After you register for the audio program, you will be instructed to download the Soundwise mobile app. When you sign in on the app, the program you registered for will automatically load in your library.

2: Can I listen offline?

Yes. Tap on the download icon next to an audio track will download the track to your phone. Simply download the audios when you have wifi and you can listen to them anywhere you go.

3: What should I do if I have technical issues?

Check out common troubleshooting tips here. If the issue is not resolved, please write to support@mysoundwise.com.

Get Access for USD 97.00