EP25: The Power of Healing in Community with Sera Snyder

How can we do “healing” better? How can we approach physical
challenges with more grace, self-compassion, and support? How
can we see pain as an opportunity for growth and wellness?


These are some of the questions that today’s guest, Sera Snyder
of Healing U., has asked herself since being diagnosed with a
rare abdominal tumor a decade ago. She dove deep into her own
physical, spiritual, and emotional healing in order to move
through the pain she uncovered from her illness.


I loved this conversation with Sera because she’s so
passionate, so fired up about helping women heal together, and
so honest about her personal struggles. From perfectionism to
eating disorders to loneliness… we get into all of it.  If
you find it as inspiring as I did, please share it with your
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We talk about:



How a Desmoid tumor ignited a healing journey

What it means to really feel like you’re enough, just as
you are

Steps to deal with our anger, and other emotions

Ending her war with her body and eating disorder recovery

Freedom from isolation and loneliness

Healthcare and the healing process





More about Sera:




Sera is on a mission to use her voice, experience and passion
for wellness to inspire healthy change. As a survivor of a rare
abdominal tumor at the age of 26, Sera uses her life’s story to
challenge the way we honor our personal health and overall
wellness.


Sera is the founder of Healing U. Women’s Wellness, an
educational community created to help women heal from the
physical, emotional and spiritual pain that comes from
experiencing health challenges. Healing U. offers in-person
retreats, virtual programs and one day workshops.


She also founded Running for Answers (RFA), a running event
that brings together a community to raise money and awareness
for desmoid tumors (the cancer she experienced). The race has
raised over $1.5 million for desmoid research and ignited a
movement in this rare disease community. Her story to build and
grow this initiative has been featured in USA Today Health
& Wellness, Men’s Fitness, on the Dr. Oz Show and CBS
Philadelphia.


Sera also uses her organizational, business and marketing
talents to help innovative healthcare practitioners serve
patients, like her, who need expertise on their healing
journey. Sera is known for using an authentic and simple
approach to increasing revenue, developing referral streams
that convert, and building partnerships.


Sera currently lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. Between
passionately sharing her enthusiasm about health &
wellness, you can find her laughing with her closest friends,
sipping green tea while reading a good memoir or hiking in the
Blue Ridge Mountains.


You can connect with Sera, learn more about her work,
and grab her FREE e-book, “Find the Healing Your Body Really
Needs” at www.healingu.org


This e-book will guide you through learning to listen to your
body and find the healing your body really needs. Stop running
from doctor to doctor and listen to your own inner wisdom.


And on social:


@serafiana
@healinguwellness




Other episodes you may enjoy:  




Heal Sexual Trauma and Reclaim Pleasure with Rachel
Maddox
Understanding Feminine Energy, Intuition, and
Self-Love with Elizabeth DiAlto
How to Practice More Self-Compassion with me, Sage B.
Hobbs



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