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if this sounds familiar...
... know that you're not alone.
"I can’t get rid of the heaviness in my chest"
"I’ve always wondered why I am so sad and can't seem to enjoy life like other people"
"I am irritable and can't focus on anything"
"The moment I wake up I feel anxious and overwhelmed."
"The tightness in my jaw and shoulders turns into pain."
"I get horrible migraines"
But before I share why this is so common - because unfortunately, it is- let me just invite you to pause for a second and take a nice and long breath, because you are so close to saying goodbye to it all.
"I've been having panic attacks daily and struggle to keep going."
"I'd a conversation with my best friend, and somehow we came across some unpleasant situations that I lived through as a child. That's when I started to realize that it doesn't trigger me anymore.
No pain, no fear, no shame, no tears. Only simple memories but it doesn't hurt anymore... I feel very grateful!!!"
- Anastasia, SLG member
It was 2016 and "June gloom" in Los Angeles. I followed the instructions carefully: park your car by the grocery store, make sure you're not being followed, go to the first gate and click the buzzer, say your name and someone will watch you from the security camera, then follow the ramp to the second gate, repeat, then turn left and knock on the first door you see and someone will come and get you.
After I'd picked a seat around the oval table, I looked around at the other women, women who'd gone through the same thing- escaping their abuser and finding their way into that building - and I thought:
"How on Earth did I get here? How did any of us get here?"
Now, I'm not saying this is true for you, but when I was living with trauma, it turned me into a magnet for bad stuff.
Bad relationships, bad decisions- you name it.
Marrying an abusive man was just the final straw.
For over 8 years, I'd in and out of therapy; tried different medications, meditation, did yoga every single day and read all the self-help books.
Anything I was told to try, I tried.
And at my best, I felt good enough to fake that I was fine.
At my worse, I couldn't even leave my house.
Day after day, I would just lay there trying to remember if I'd showered or not.
And I was so tired of it all.
How it started...
That's the reason why I struggled for so many years and why people around the world stop believing healing is even possible.
Western approach to "healing" trauma, actually has nothing to do with healing. It's just ways to manage and control the symptoms. Which is why you've probably noticed how it gets worse and worse with time.
Because we were not made to live with stress and fighting to survive every day of our lives.
And I think you already know that, otherwise you wouldn't be here.
If you're anything like how I was back then, all you want to do is leave it behind (for good!) and start living your life. Am I right?
Okay good. Then you're in the right place :)
Like me, you're probably told right now that you need to learn how to cope. But coping skills/methods are exactly what they sound like: learning how to live with it.
But so how did I go from triggers, anxiety, ptsd (the list goes on)... to healing that actually worked? Or more importantly, how can you do that?
Mari mari, hi there. My name is Mandy Martini Chihuailaf, Mist Spreading Over a Lake, and I'm an Indigenous teacher of the Mapuche Nation.
After surviving sexual assault and domestic violence - and getting stuck in the never-ending cycle of coping that is taught in this dominant culture - I returned to my people's kuyfi kimün, ancient knowledge, that has been passed down for generations in my family.
Letting my body finish the survival cycle so that it could heal, made trauma (and all the symptoms) a thing of my past.
It opened the doors for me to: leave my abusive ex and start my life over from nothing (except some trash bags of stuff in my car and my dog).
Healing from trauma made it possible for me to start this program that has now helped people in over 35 countries around the world do the same, while at the same time help me support my people and start projects on-and-off reservation to help our community.
What I teach inside SLG is based on Native science: knowledge passed down longer than Western science has even existed, from healers in my family, our Elders, knowledge-keepers, and over 14 years of my own research and experience.
Which is why, even those with a background in Western science (that has a long history of waving off Indigenous people and our knowledge), has turned to SLG and found help 👉
Your teacher
You know what's worse about living with trauma?
When the survival responses (or more commonly known in this culture as stress) become stuck in your body, they go from trying to help you and protect you, to turning on you and hurting you.
But it's not like your body wants to hurt you.
Just look at your symptoms and you can recognize the survival responses: fight, flight, and/or freeze.
Some examples:
Fight response... feeling angry a lot, snapping, easily frustrated, pushing yourself too hard.
Flight response... anxiety, hypervigilant, addictions (ways to escape the pain)
Freeze response... depression, physical tension in your body, feeling numb and spacing out.
This means:
1. All this time, your body has been trying to finish the response for you.
2. But since it can't (you can blame this culture's obession about control and refusal to not acknowledge nature) - your body is fighting to survive–– every single day.
Your symptoms are your body's way of saying,
"psst, hey love, it's time to do something about it."
That takes a lot of energy.
Can you think of something you could do instead?
Spending quality time with your loved ones, building a garden, helping your community... being happy and healthy?
You're not asking for too much.
"I thought the only solution was therapy, which I'd been doing weekly for two years before starting SLG to deal with my childhood trauma, including sexual abuse, at an early age.
It's been one year since I started SLG, and I've never felt more free and empowered to LIVE LIFE, not merely survive. At first, I could go farther without therapy sessions, and now I've completely stopped and can use that time and money on other things.
I don't feel triggered by what I went through anymore, and I can understand my body and let it heal naturally. Now, I have the energy and mental space to raise my boys, take care of my relationships, make new true friends, which I always struggled with, and grow my business to levels I never thought I could.
All because I'm not living in survival anymore.
"Now, I have the energy and mental space to raise my boys, take care of my relationships, make new true friends, which I always struggled with, and grow my business to levels I never thought I could."
- JULIETA T.
[Pijao descendant]
New York
SLG SCHOOL
INTRODUCING
the Science of Letting Go
SLG is a fully immersive online program that helps you - not to cope with stress and trauma - but to let it all go so that you can focus on living your life.
Step-by-step I'll walk you through how you can wake up in the mornings without an ounce of feeling anxious or overwhelmed.
The number one focus inside SLG is to get you to start living your life,
instead of trying to survive it.
- Nictíre
"... real relief and a clear path forward. Years of talk therapy left me more traumatized. I did not want to have to relive my trauma in order to heal. Now, I heal myself, EVERY DAY. No need to relive or even talk about your experiences. You have all the tools you need to heal inside your body - let Mandy show you how!"
"After 40 years of suffering from the effects of extreme abuse and multiple traumas, I have finally found REAL healing..."
Got a few weeks to do something that will change the rest of your life?
- anxiety and overwhelm gone
- triggers gone
- more energy
- better focus
- improved relationships with loved ones
- better sleep
- better health
- confidence
- physical pains disappearing
- no more "feeling like death" because of a period
- improved skin
- no longer needing alcohol to numb
- no longer needing all the other ways used to cope (a lot of cancelled appointments with service providers)
- lots of excitement
and the list goes on (and on).
"I almost didn’t go through with signing up. Nearly convincing myself to put the money toward other debt- what a mistake that would've been. There's no debt like generations and a lifetime of stress/trauma.
Before, I'd little capacity to deal with anything and was easily overwhelmed.
Then I started working through SLG.
Now I have more clarity, heaviness continues to lift, triggers have lost their traction, my periods are no longer thrusting me into fight/flight/freeze. I wake up with a genuine feeling of excitement instead of anxiety, doubt, and dread. Maybe it all sounds too good to be true but it’s not."
"I wake up with a genuine feeling of excitement instead of anxiety, doubt, and dread."
- VICTORIA LISE
[Cherokee]
Ute Territory (Colorado)
Who SLG is not for...
- You think that just by signing up your life will be fixed. No matter how good our knowledge is, nothing can change unless you show up and do the work.
- You rather turn to everything and everyone else, except yourself. (Don't feel bad though, we've all been there.) But if you rather spend thousands of dollars on retreats (which might be nice while it lasts but then you get home and nothing has changed), or $150 a week for therapy sessions, that's $7,200 a year and at least 48 hours, not counting commute time, and again, you go home, still with trauma, not to mention all the products and gadgets out there now to "manage your anxiety"-- then I think you know this is not the place for you. In SLG people find confidence in being able to help themselves–– and then be done with it.
- You're thinking, "I'm going to sign up so I can take it to make money/promote my products/services, etc"–– no. Please walk away. SLG is here to support those who need help, but also our people and the work we're doing to rebuild our communities. And we've already had, and still going through, enough exploitation as it is.
"I hope people see the value in what you're offering... I've been working through module 1 and I would pay again and again to feel the amount of relief I felt from your program. And this is just the beginning."
- Brittany
SLG lifetime membership
$479 - one time payment **
get started today
** Going through financial/life hardship? You could qualify for a scholarship.
need flexibility?
[most savings]
* Enrollment comes with SLG 30-Day Peace of Mind Guarantee.
- SIRENA ANDREA KILLA
[Kichwa & Quechua]
Tequesta Territory (South Florida)
"I'd spent 27 years trying to cope and bought it with doubt after seeing what the "wellness" community was offering.
But what Mandy teaches is what I'd been waiting for all these years. SLG is rooted in Indigenous wisdom and has been an invaluable tool for my healing, and I've told many friends about it because it works!
Everything Mandy shares is from the heart. I am so lucky to have been connected to you Ñaña, you are one of a kind and I'm so grateful that you decided to share such sacred wisdom with us."
"When I found SLG I was skeptical to be honest."
Watch, listen, read- however you prefer to learn.
Most people inside SLG, like most in this world, work very hard to survive in this culture, and some are even single parents (both mom and dads) with no family or community support, that's why one of the priorities was to make it easy to digest and learn- in your own time and tempo.
Plus, this will be the one thing in your life that will actually help you to not get overwhelmed.
Overwelmed by everything you got going on?
VIDEO LESSONS
MP3's
STEP-BY-STEP TOOLS
EXERCISES
SLG JOURNAL
BONUS RESOURCES
TRANSCRIPTS
WHAT'S INSIDE
+ you get access to a whole vault of past recordings from Talking Circles and other trainings over the years.
Talking Circles for extra support.
Our Elders and family members used to (and still do) arrange talking circles in our ruka (huts) to allow members of the community to come together and not only support each other, but help reinforce our knowledge and practices.
These live talking circles through Zoom are our "modern" version of it.
When you sign up there'll be 4 live Talking Circles over Zoom, spread out over a month so that you have support as you go through the program. If you miss any, don't worry, they're recorded. You also get to join all the future talking circles.
In a talking circle, you can share how you're doing (if you want, that is), ask questions, get support, and get to know a wonderful community from all around the world.
- SARA M.
Unceded territory of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, Vancouver, Canada.
Before, I would speak up for others, but not when it came to myself. Now I'm noticing myself taking up more space, in a genuine way, and a place of being grounded. When I'm alone with myself or go for a walk, I feel like I am with a good friend instead of needing a phone or craving the connection with something artificial. It's going really well for me at work and with my relationship. My family has this big stressor, but I'm still able to enjoy the good things, whereas before, stress would have been in everything, and I wouldn't have been able to focus. By accident, I quit drinking. I am amazed. I am so much more of who I am. So thank you! I'm so happy I found you and SLG.
"I feel so much more like myself, and I'm getting back into things I like."
- KATIE W.
Columbus, OH.
I used to suffer from restless leg syndrome.
This was a big pain point as I would lay in bed for hours trying to get comfortable, rubbing my leg, or even kicking the back of my calf trying to make the feeling go away or eventually take IBU just so I could sleep.
Mandy, I am forever grateful for you and all that you share. I truly have learned so much from you.
"SLG has changed me for the better and the future is looking bright."
A peek inside SLG
MODULE ONE
If your body is fighting to survive then it's affecting your health, your immune system, your energy, and your ability to focus. That's why we start to physically release the survival responses so that your body can start the healing process.
(This is why members notice results so fast. Hip pain disappeared overnight, "best sleep of my life," feeling lighter, more energy, etc.)
Think about all the things that bother you in your life. That makes you nauseous, worried, and overwhelmed. From news, social media, work, maybe even your loved ones-- stress is everywhere. This means your body will respond with the survival instinct to help you go through it.
It's so important to know what triggers you. Not because you can avoid it completely (unless you become a hermit), but so that you can prevent stress on your body as much as possible. In this module, I'll show you how you can spend less time reacting and more time enjoying your life.
Imagine waking up feeling at peace and connected with who you are. This is where your environment: mind, body, spirit, and land come into a full circle and you see how connected they are to each other. And how important it is for you to pay attention. It's like an ecosystem, you have to focus on the whole, not just on one part of you.
You'll learn how to build connections and boundaries (might seem like they contradict but they actually don't) to help you even when this society or who knows, a random stranger, throws you a curveball.
You were meant to do so much more than living your life just trying to survive each day.
After seeing the life-changing (not exaggerating) results from SLG members, this bonus module was born. It's here to help you get ready for a new chapter in your life, however that might look like. All I know is that it's bright.
MODULE TWO
Releasing
Prevent & Rewire
MODULE THREE
Your Environment
Moving On
MODULE FOUR
what more members are saying
SLG lifetime membership
$479 - one time payment **
get started today
** Going through financial/life hardship? You could qualify for a scholarship.
need flexibility?
[most savings]
* Enrollment comes with SLG 30-Day Peace of Mind Guarantee.
When you're too tired to fight and too tired to run- numbness can sometimes become a last attempt to protect yourself against pain.
But it doesn't have to stay that way.
-MELISSA ZEPEDA
California
I was a zombie walking through my everyday routine and missing out on what matters. Now I'm on a roll living my best life BECAUSE OF YOU! I've been much more aware and living in the moment. I promise you, the birds chirping every morning have never sounded more beautiful. Do you realize how grateful I am for you?
It's because of you and your willingness to share with others your incredible knowledge.
"You really have no clue what you started IN ME!"
Even when you feel like you've tried it all and it feels hopeless, if given a chance, your body can still catch up and surprise you.
Before, I didn't know that I was living with stress. All these physical symptoms were happening and I would just live with it. And then I would end up in the hospital hooked up to a machine because I felt like I was having a heart attack. I was in and out of hospitals for years because I couldn't keep food down. I was vomiting up everything.
Turns out it was stress and anxiety and it took 31 years for me to be able to help myself.
The amount of money that I've spent on therapy sessions that sometimes made it worse. And working with my family doctor who tested me but couldn't figure out what it was. This program, in the one year that I've been practicing the tools that you've given me, the change that it's made in my life, how much of the darkness it's lifted off my shoulders-- it's priceless. I just wish I had it sooner.
"I just wish I'd it sooner."
-JULIE PONTE
Ontario, Canada
SLG lifetime membership
$479 - one time payment **
get started today
** Going through financial/life hardship? You could qualify for a scholarship.
need flexibility?
[most savings]
* Enrollment comes with SLG 30-Day Peace of Mind Guarantee.
SLG 30-Day Peace of Mind Guarantee
You and I both know what's out there and how confusing and overwhelming it can be when you don't know if something will work or not.
That's why there's a 30-Day Peace of Mind Guarantee.
All you have to do is give SLG a chance.
That means you show up and do the classes and exercises I guide you through. If within 30 days you feel like it did nothing for you: send me an email with proof that you actively participated in the program and followed the instructions, along with an explaination of what didn't work for you, and you'll get your refund.
It's a big difference going through your life trying to survive it, versus actually living it.
Isabel's Children
Isabel’s Children is a money fund that goes directly to support survivors of violence and food insecurity in Indigenous communities.
In the memory and honor of Mandy’s chuchu (grandmother) Isabel- an Indigenous woman who despite a life filled with abuse, trauma, starvation and injustice, still did everything she could to help anyone who needed her. With her knowledge of healing, plant medicines, and her cooking, or simply opening her doors for someone who needed a place to stay, whatever little she had, she gave.
Isabel's Children is funded by every enrollment into SLG School.
