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REAL HEALING &
MENTAL FREEDOM
There are 52 million people* in the USA suffering from mental health illness.
We’re offered prescription drugs + therapy for our mental suffering. Based on the numbers, this solution is obviously incomplete; it’s not fixing the problem. So what is missing?
* 2023 adult data from Mental Health America
We are energetic beings.
Our hearts literally have a 3-foot electromagnetic field that radiates around us; that’s why you FEEL people. We have five different brain wave frequencies that affect our waking to sleeping states. Shuffle your feet on the carpet and you’ll give off sparks that “shock” people. We are energetic beings.
Mental illness is also energetic illness.
Just think about it! Depression is stuck energy. Anxiety is energy overload. Mania is wild out of control energy. Emotion is energy in motion.
When you experience big feelings it causes a system-wide physical energy explosion: crying, shortness of breath, tummy upset, dizziness, changes in voice, tremors (this list goes on and on). In more scientific terms, this is called nervous system dysregulation. Your “mental health issues” are not isolated to the innards of your head. A mental health crisis is energetic chaos for your entire system
The missing key is energy work.
We’ve got pills that work on our brain chemistry, shutting down our system to blunt feelings. That’s a band-aid solution. Or we’ve got therapy, which can be awesome and enlightening! However pure talk therapy exists in the mental realm. Doing a mindset makeover is an important part of healing, but it’s not a comprehensive solution for us mind-body-soul beings.
We need tools to move our energy with intention. We need connection to our body and access to our higher self soul. We need strategies to reprogram our subconscious mind. We need ways to soothe ourselves; to calm down. We need communion with other hearts and with the universe. That’s why energy work is critical for real healing.
Humans have been practicing energy work for centuries.
I’m not inventing something brand new here. I’m promoting ancient healing methodologies that have been used for thousands of years. Energy work is chanting, breathwork, meditation, yoga, dancing, movement! These are time-tested healing tools that regulate your nervous system, train your brain and get your energy flowing so you feel good!
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In coaching, we work together to find the energy movement tools that connect with you, flow with your lifestyle and achieve the healing you need. Learn more now and claim your FREE no-obligation 20 minute consultation!
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MENTAL FREEDOM FEELS:
Imagine a reality where you don’t need mental health drugs to be functional and sane. You could ditch all of those side effects: no more brain fog or weight gain or weird sleep or sexual dysfunction! Instead, you’d be using holistic energy work to keep yourself feeling sane, stable and downright joyful every day. THIS is what mental freedom looks like:
- Waking up clear, present and fully YOU every day
- The ability to safely feel your full range of emotions
- Total access to your joy and pleasure
- Freedom from mental health labels like: depression, anxiety, mania, ADHD, bipolar, schizophrenia, personality disorder, etc (this list can go on and on)
- Freedom from mental health drugs and their side effects
- The ability to regulate your emotions and soothe yourself when confronted with life’s challenges
- Knowing what your unique gifts are and offering them to the world
- A sense of purpose that motivates you to do each day with enthusiasm
if I can achieve mental freedom,
So can you.
Amber, Mental Health Rebels Founder, doing her favorite energy work practice: chanting mantras
I, Amber Renee Cummings, am testament that mental freedom is possible even for a human who the modern medical system would label broken beyond hope.
I achieved radical transformation in my own life. Once upon a time I was a miserable crazy mess who was heavily medicated on pharmaceutical mental health drugs for 22 years. Fueled by frustration, I embarked on a healing journey that resulted in REAL healing. Eventually I was strong enough to detox off of my drug cocktail and live mentally free. Now I’m a radiant healer who loves her life and gets to do every day with presence and joy.
I want YOU to know that it is possible to recover from mental health issues and live a deeply satisfying life without pharmaceutical drugs. Now my life’s purpose is to spread this kind of healing – I want you to experience mental freedom too! And I can help you make it happen.
I would be honored to accompany and support you on your own healing journey. If that interests you, reach out! Just for reading this, I’m gifting you one FREE 20 minute consultation to see if we’re the right match.
Important: I am not a doctor, so I do not give medical advice. I am a coach so I offer life advice, holistic healing tools, and soul support.
Or keep reading! Let's talk about why our current system is not working… and why this is a path for the rebel heroes.
Problems:
We're getting band-aid solutions.
Sad but true, our modern medical system is not configured for real healing.
Most of what is labeled as mental health illness is the result of poor life coping skills, unresolved trauma and living in a culture that does not acknowledge nor understand our spiritual layers. Doctors don’t have the time nor the training to tackle this big, deep stuff. Assigning you a diagnosis + giving you a prescription for pills is the easiest, quickest solution. You’re in and out in 30 minutes.
But that’s not a REAL solution! Pills can’t heal our childhood wounds or teach us coping skills or address disaster relationships or help us find our life’s purpose. They’re just a band-aid. They blunt some of the discomfort but the root problems of suffering keep festering deep inside your soul.
Mental health drugs should not be a forever plan.
Doctors don’t give discontinuation plans, so a prescription can feel like a lifetime sentence.
You go to the doctor saying you’re sad, mad, frustrated, stressed! That lands you a big-deal diagnosis like depression, anxiety, mania, ADHD, bipolar, schizophrenia, personality disorder, etc (this list can go on and on)… plus a matching prescription.
The doctor doesn’t talk to you about how this diagnosis can be healed, so it feels like it’s your new identity. There’s no discussion about drugs being a temporary solution, so it feels like you’ll be taking them for the rest of forever. This happened to me too: I got a diagnosis of bipolar disorder at the age of 12. I believed I was fundamentally broken and had to be medicated for the rest of my life.
The goal of this website is not to villainize mental health drugs. They can be a really useful tool on the path to healing! Maybe taking drugs for a short period might be what helps you calm down so you can address major issues and tackle healing with a stable system. That is a GREAT use of mental health drugs and it gets my total endorsement! But should you take them forever? NO!
They’re really blockers that steal your spark.
You simply cannot manifest your most potent, powerful self-expression when on mental health drugs.
Do you know how mental health drugs work? They block your brain and shut down your nervous system. Many of them even have the word “inhibitor” in the title! Maybe that’s a relief in the midst of a crisis, but it’s no way to live long-term.
The drugs don’t just take away uncomfortable feelings; they block you from feeling your full range of emotions. They change who you fundamentally ARE. You lose creativity, drive, your personal magic! Your spark fades, you end up being disassociated, permanently blunted, in a meds fog.
And these are complicated substances that work on your central nervous system, so you’re probably dealing with other system-wide side effects too, right? Your sleep cycles, digestion, appetite, mood, concentration, muscle movement, sexual function and so much more can be impacted. I know, it’s frustrating!
Keep reading, it's time for good news!
Hope:
Real healing is really possible.
You’re literally hardwired to heal. You just have to decide to do it.
You have NEUROPLASTICITY, which is a fancy name for the brain’s ability to adapt, change and grow. You can learn how to regulate your nervous system to be in a state of permanent calm instead of a state of permanent panic. You can train your brain!
When we are suffering from mental madness, it can feel like our emotions are running the show. One of the most spectacular things about real healing is that you take back control. Now you have tools to calm yourself down. You get a choice before you react. You are prepared to deal with difficult situations with grace. You do not have to be a victim of your crazy.
Maybe it’s not as scary as you think.
I was so scared to go off my mental health drugs. I was worried I wouldn’t be able to do life without them. What would happen?
Once I actually achieved my meds detox, I was shocked to discover that I am JUST FREAKING FINE. I am better than fine! I feel great! I began sleeping well for the first time in my whole life. I can think straight, my spiritual connection has deepened, my relationships have improved. It feels miraculous! But…
You know that movie The Truman Show? Where Jim Carrey realizes one day that all his life he’s been living in a constructed world that isn’t real? That’s how I felt. All of my life I’d believed I was fundamentally broken and needed meds to mange my crazy. It turns out that was a big, fat LIE that held me back, kept me small and controlled me from the inside. That makes me feel angry, indignant!
I don’t want the same thing to happen to you. Maybe you don’t have anything to be afraid of either. Maybe you too are JUST FINE. And you really don’t have anything to lose, because those drugs will always be there if you want to go back to them.
Mental freedom is for the brave rebel heroes.
In order to heal, I had to claim control of my life, declare the drugs were not working and find my own alternate solutions. I’m a mental health rebel.
This is a classic hero’s journey. You choose the path less traveled, the one full of treasures untold, the one that requires hard work but pays off with the biggest reward: your mental freedom! On this journey you’ll discover wisdom in your shadows, illumination in your mind and love in your heart. Stunning synchronicities will occur. Aligned humans will enter your life. When you do the work, the universe shines on you, offering encouragement to light the path. It’s a beautiful adventure.
Like any true hero, you’ll emerge transformed, with the boon of your own divine soul shining free, ready to share your gifts with the world.
I did it. And so can you. The sooner you start, the sooner you can be living mentally free!
Let's talk about HOW you can holistically heal too!
IT'S POSSIBLE
How delicious would it feel to be sane and calm every day? To be able to consistently choose joy and bliss? Would you work better? Sleep better? Relate better? Love better? YES! All of it, right?
Let me support you on your journey to mental freedom – so you can enjoy all of this too.
Next up: Let's talk about HOW you can holistically heal too!
Solutions:
Going from mental suffering to mental freedom requires a mindset makeover, behavioral changes and new energetic hygiene. And you can do it! Here’s how to do the work to achieve real healing:
Mindset Makeover
Here are my three healing pillars for mental freedom. They all start in the mental realm but require real action 😉
1. Practice fierce self-care
Your one REAL job in this lifetime, the job that never goes away until the day you die, is to take care of YOU! How are you doing? Are you well, happy, healthy?
Often, this healing pillar starts with loving yourself and embracing your sweet inner child. That means you must be compassionate and encouraging to your own self. No cruel inner voices! Fierce self-care means reparenting yourself and making the BEST choices for your genuine wellbeing so you can really thrive. That might mean better health choices to support your system. That might mean setting boundaries so that relationships and work are nurturing.
Care for yourself as only you know how.
2. Claim your life
Rebel heroes are NOT victims.
It’s a bit of a mind bender to go from believing you are a victim of your crazy and that pills can fix you to… everything in your life is solely your responsibility and only you have the power to fix you. When you claim your life, you start calling the shots.
You declare YOU know YOU better than all the doctors and all the therapists (definitely better than me) and YOU make the best decisions for your wellbeing. You must claim radical total responsibility for your life, even if it’s in total shambles!
Then you take action to make improvements. That can be as small as cleaning out your closet to as big as chasing a new career dream. Do what you can with what you’ve got!
3. Accept divine perfection
Tragedy touches all of us at some point in a lifetime. Suffering is simply part of the human package: wars, pandemics, death. This is big LIFE that’s out of our individual control.
Our only recourse is to truly LET GO and flow with tragedy. These are the moments when we must trust in divine perfection. Even if we don’t understand, we can maintain faith that the universe is perfect and it does not make mistakes.
If we’re able to surf the waves of disaster with grace, blessings will emerge. The “worst” things that happen in our lives can be the catalysts for massive growth. You can make exquisite art out of your pain! So trust. Trust that even if you don’t understand when you’re in the thick of it, opportunities will be born in the ashes.
Energy Work
Learn to move your energy with intention! Mental freedom requires that you incorporate energy work into your life in these two ways:
1. A daily practice
This is a time and space when and where you practice your preferred energy movement modality on the daily. Because what you do frequently affects your frequency 😉
In your practice, you are training your brain how to be calm in the present moment, without worries about the past or the future. So when something wild happens your brain now knows this calm vibration and can more easily return to it.
Plus, this gives you a space to regularly experience big feelings! If you’re upset and need to cry or scream or punch a pillow, you have a dedicated safe space and time to do that. Instead of carrying emotions around with us at the brink of explosion all the time, we clear them out. A daily practice makes you a clean energetic channel, a person who is in the flow!
AND energy work is amazingly effective for manifesting because it allows you to access and reprogram your subconscious mind.
2. Crisis coping techniques
Eventually something is bound to happen that will trigger a big response in your system. It could be explosive rage or a teary meltdown or a system collapse. Now what do you do?
You must be able to use energy work techniques to get yourself back to a calm, neutral state again. Personally, my favorite crisis energy movement tools are EFT tapping and alternate nostril breathing. I’ve been known to excuse myself and hide in the bathroom breathing on the edge of the bathtub until I can calm down enough to return to the scene. What do YOU do when you’re REALLY upset?
Energy work can be your lifeline to help you manage yourself and calm your system in these critical moments!
After the crisis has passed, it’s a time to practice extra self-care because you remain delicate until you’re able to fully process the outburst. Giving yourself time to safely digest an incident also means you have an opportunity to learn from it.
Energy Work Examples
- Meditation
- Breathwork
- Chanting Mantras
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping
- Yoga
- Gratitude
- Mindfulness
- Exercise, dance or other movement
- Singing or playing an instrument
- Writing and making art
Energy Work
Learn to move your energy with intention! Mental freedom requires that you incorporate energy work into you life in these two ways:
1. A daily practice
This is a time and space when and where you practice your preferred energy movement modality on the daily. Because what you do frequently affects your frequency 😉
In your practice, you are training your brain how to be calm in the present moment, without worries about the past or the future. So when something wild happens your brain now knows this calm vibration and can more easily return to it.
Plus, this gives you a space to regularly experience big feelings! If you’re upset and need to cry or scream or punch a pillow, you have a dedicated safe space and time to do that. Instead of carrying emotions around with us at the brink of explosion all the time, we clear them out. A daily practice makes you a clean energetic channel, a person who is in the flow!
AND energy work is amazingly effective for manifesting because it allows you to access and reprogram your subconscious mind.
2. Crisis coping techniques
Eventually something is bound to happen that will trigger a big response in your system. It could be explosive rage or a teary meltdown or a system collapse. Now what do you do?
You must be able to use energy work techniques to get yourself back to a calm, neutral state again. Personally, my favorite crisis energy movement tools are EFT tapping and alternate nostril breathing. I’ve been known to excuse myself and hide in the bathroom breathing on the edge of the bathtub until I can calm down enough to return to the scene. What do YOU do when you’re REALLY upset?
Energy work can be your lifeline to help you manage yourself and calm your system in these critical moments!
After the crisis has passed, it’s a time to practice extra self-care because you remain delicate until you’re able to fully process the outburst. Giving yourself time to safely digest an incident also means you have an opportunity to learn from it.
Energy Work Examples
- Meditation
- Breathwork
- Chanting Mantras
- Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping
- Yoga
- Gratitude
- Mindfulness
- Exercise, dance or other movement
- Singing or playing an instrument
- Writing and making art
Community
A hug can be more healing than a thousand words. The loving energy of others helps us to flourish.
If you’re on a healing journey, finding other like-minded beautiful souls is an essential component. So you can cry together and laugh together. So that you feel seen, heard and understood. So you can listen to someone else’s stories and remember that life is bigger than your own problems. So you can witness human resilience and feel it awaken within you too. So that you’re needed.
For the hugs. Even if they’re long-distance heart hugs sent via the ether over zoom, we need them.
Join the Mental Health Rebels community! Currently recruiting for our first group here:
Ideas to cultivate community in your life:
- Nurture your existing relationships: Identify which family members and/or friends feel the most healthy + aligned and make an effort to see these people more!
- Join an energy work group: Many energy work modalities, like yoga or meditation, have thriving communities you can join both in-person and online!
- Volunteer: Offering your gifts to others is so rewarding! Check out Volunteermatch.org for local ideas and virtual opportunities.
- Be curious and take classes: cultivate your artistic side! Making art out of our pain is healing + beautiful. Take dance, music or art classes in-person or online.
- Join a meetup group: Pick a group that cultivates healthy interests, like going for hikes outdoors or a drum circle or singing Kirtan. Try Meetup.com.
- Make your own: If you didn’t find the PERFECT meetup group or community, why don’t you make it?
Almost there!
Wanted: Rebel HeroEs
Does thinking about mental freedom spark something in your soul? That’s the call. If this adventure is a YES for you, I want to help!
Only you have the power to heal you. That’s why this is a journey for the brave heroes – for people like you who are willing to put in the work to set their own soul free. You must be your own hero… but you are not alone.
You’ll have to go through the enchanted forest. There are wolves and witches in the forest, but there is also magic. It’s a place of discovery and growth. You’ll be challenged and you’ll surprise your own self with the gems you have hidden inside. I can’t do this for you, but I can offer light and wisdom to guide your path. Heros always find guides, helpers and mentors.
I’m not a doctor, so you will NOT get medical advice from me. You WILL get life advice from someone who GETS IT and has been there. You’ll get survival advice. You’ll get crisis coping tools. You’ll get compassion and kindness. You’ll get an inspirational fire lit in your belly. You’ll get a coach who says: “You got this!”
As you emerge triumphant and transformed we’ll cheer your success together! I want to see you recapture your full self, your full power! I want you to feel how satisfying and decadent it is to live mentally free.
Working with me does NOT mean you need to go off your mental health drugs. It just means you want to start exploring holistic healing. You can find all the details about coaching with me right here.
I cannot wait to meet you, my brave fellow Mental Health Rebel!
XOXO
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These checklists are meant to help, but the final answer lives within your soul.
BE SAFE! Detoxing off drugs is serious stuff. Recklessly discontinuing some drugs is downright dangerous and could endanger your life. It’s very important that you work with a licensed medical practitioner for physical safety and dosage direction. I will not give you medical advice.
Here are some signs that YES you might be ready to live mentally free without drugs:
- You have been “doing the work” to heal and feel you’re ready to manage your mental health holistically now
- If you started taking mental health drugs in a crisis and now you’ve healed and feel strong enough to start a new chapter drug-free
- If you’ve been medicated for so long you don’t even know who you are anymore and you’re ready to reclaim your life
- You are tired of side effects of taking mental health drugs - the benefits do not outweigh the costs anymore
- You don’t see yourself more stable nor healthy using these substances; you question if they are actually working for you
- You’ve spent time in therapy and now better understand the roots of your mental health illness
- You’ve grown and are now better able to manage yourself in the midst of big emotions
- You currently practice energy work like yoga, meditation and breathwork.
- You are ready + willing to do daily practices, exercise and live in a healthy way that supports your mental wellbeing
Here are some warning signs indicating that staying medicated is probably the most loving + safe self-care act for you right now:
- You’re in the middle of a mental health crisis
- You just experienced a traumatic life event
- You are feeling suicidal now or have felt suicidal recently
- You don’t want to change your lifestyle or habits
- You have substance abuse issues with alcohol, marijuana or other drugs that needs to be dealt with first
- You currently exhibit self-destructive behaviors and there’s a danger you could hurt yourself
- You currently have explosive tendencies and there’s a danger you could hurt others
You can 100% start healing while still taking mental health drugs!
It took me a full two years from the time when I began seriously healing to the time when I was actually strong enough to detox off my psych drug cocktail. I needed that time to personally transform and train my brain so I could stay calm and succeed. Start wherever you are with the SOLUTIONS👆
If you feel the call to mental freedom, I can help! Get all the details about coaching to support the psych drug detox process here:
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