When I first opened my integrative healing practice in November 2022, I called it Coherence Bodyworks.

At the time, I didn’t fully understand how prophetic that name would become. I knew that coherence meant harmony — the alignment between mind, body, and spirit — but I didn’t yet realize how much I still needed to embody that truth myself.

The Beginning: Finding My Way as a Healer

After becoming a Reiki Master in the fall of 2021, it took me an entire year to put myself out there as a healer. I struggled with imposter syndrome, questioning whether I was truly ready or qualified to help others. So, I kept practicing quietly, spending most of 2022 working with another energy healer to build confidence and trust in my gifts.

That inner work felt like growth, but the universe had more lessons in store — ones that would take me from spiritual expansion to physical surrender.

When the Body Speaks

In January 2023, I injured my shoulder at a trampoline park with my son — a torn labrum that forced me to take several months off from my practice.

And then, just as my practice started taking off, another wave hit. In August 2023, I was diagnosed with SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth) after years of mysterious digestive issues. My world came to a screeching halt.

Looking back, I realize the signs had been there for years. Since my twenties, I’d lived with digestive discomfort. When I began my healing journey in 2020 — after my first Reiki session — my body finally exhaled. It relaxed for the first time in decades… and that’s when it started to show me where I was still hurting.

For three years, I cycled through blackouts, painful bloating, brain fog, fatigue, weakness, and unpredictable mornings that started at 6 a.m. with loose stools. I worked with functional medicine practitioners, spent thousands on supplements, restrictive diets, and endless tests — yet I still didn’t have answers.

Finally, after switching physicians, I met a doctor who had also healed from SIBO herself. She found an old test from the year before that clearly showed the diagnosis — one that had been missed. For the first time, I felt seen, heard, and understood. I remember crying in her office, because finally there was a path ahead. A light at the end of the tunnel.

The Pause I Didn’t Want but Needed

Facing the reality of my condition, I made the difficult decision to close both my integrative healing practice and Beth’s Botanicals (more on that journey here).

The truth was simple: I didn’t have the energy to hold space for others when I could barely get out of bed myself. I needed to rest. To recalibrate. To turn all the healing energy inward.

From August 2023 to today, my healing journey has been a rollercoaster — moments of deep clarity followed by frustration, discipline followed by rebellion. There are days I eat something I know will trigger my symptoms and then spiral into shame. There are also days when I extend myself compassion, remembering that healing isn’t perfection — it’s messy.

The Missing Piece: My Body

Through all of this, I had a profound realization:
I had spent years healing my mind and spirit, but I had neglected my body.

In my pursuit of spiritual growth, I had left my physical self behind — treating it like a vessel rather than an equal part of my being. But coherence cannot exist without harmony between all three: mind, body, and spirit.

My body had been whispering to me for years, and when I finally created safety through inner work, it felt safe enough to speak — loudly. The pain, fatigue, and digestive issues weren’t failures in healing; they were messages. My body was saying, “Now that you feel safe, it’s time to heal me too.”

A New Commitment to Wholeness

So, in August 2023, I made a new commitment:
To truly live in coherence.

I began working with mentors who helped me understand the spiritual aspects of physical illness, and I started integrating somatic and energy-based practices into my healing. One of the most profound experiences I had was through the Feldenkrais Method, a modality that helped me reconnect to my body in ways I hadn’t known were possible.

I’ll go deeper into that experience in my next blog post — because it changed everything.

Living in Coherence

This season of healing has taught me that coherence isn’t a destination — it’s a practice and it’s messy. It’s the ongoing conversation between your mind, body, and spirit.

When one part of you is neglected, the others can’t fully thrive. Healing requires all of you.

So now, when I talk about Living in Coherence, it’s not just a philosophy — it’s a lived truth. It’s the reminder that to be whole, we must listen to every part of ourselves.

Much love,

Beth Reid

p.s. you can see my journey on Instagram, starting with this post: Diagnosis