Hi, I'm Chaffin!

After a string of unexplained health issues, I landed in a wheelchair. Specialists couldn’t explain the severe leg pain or why I suddenly became allergic to over 50 foods. I saw chiropractors, physical therapists, and functional medicine doctors, but I continued to decline. Nothing helped…until I turned to holistic care. Working with a functional doctor and physical therapist finally set me on the path to real healing. I slowly got better. Walked again. Ran again. Lived again.

With few physical limitations, I slipped back into the “do it all” mindset. And gosh, did I do a LOT. Then, after returning to wrangling on a Colorado dude ranch, I sustained four concussions in nine months (eight total in my life). That’s when everything stopped. I couldn’t work. Couldn’t walk to the mailbox. I was overwhelmed by chronic pain, dizziness, chronic fatigue, anxiety, and depression. I tried to heal like I had lived – with urgency and pressure – but it only made things worse. I went back to the same resources that brought me healing before…over 21 practitioners… but to no avail; in fact, I just kept getting worse.

Real healing began when I finally slowed down. I narrowed my practitioner list to just my most trusted- my NUCCA chiropractor, holistic physical therapist, concussion coach, and functional doctor- and gave myself time to rebuild sustainably. I learned to pace myself, to stop fighting my symptoms and start listening to them, and to build a life that honors my limits and values instead of chasing perfection.

Today, I’m practically back to “normal,” though normal now looks very different. The suffering taught me to keep my best qualities and dreams, let go of unhelpful patterns, and grow new, more sustainable, grounded ways of living. I still have occasional symptoms- but they don’t define me; they remind me to return to what matters. I do my best to live aligned, functional, and free.

And now, I help others do the same.