Wendy K. Laidlaw

it's I use the analogy of like Arthur and his round table, you know, he had his round table of advisors actually are building safe people, people that hopefully I'm, I'm the starting point.

And then you can build on that or people that, that you can know you can reach out and care about you, that you're vested interest in like you've been well, because they come from a heartfelt perspective, not, you know, you, you probably heard recently of all these doctors and things that just all been arrested for,

you know, prescribing like 32 million opioid drugs, you know, and you're just like, Oh my goodness, it's just horrible.

But to build that table, build that support system of safe people, not with people that are toxic and critical and bring you down.

It's all about empowerment.

yeah it's and i think a lot of women with endometriosis they're so caring they're so giving and invariably they haven't had what they needed you know love and support and encouragement growing up i've heard of various successful people actors and singers and they had like one teacher or one parent that fully believed in them and i think sometimes you just need someone who you know is championing for championing for you and i'm like this mentor running alongside you believing in you because you know my innate belief of the body's ability to heal

It's just insane.

And it excites me beyond belief.

And I, of course, when women start working with me, they naturally have lost faith in their body, lost faith in themselves and in life.

And part of the journey is restoring, or even just for the first time, helping someone have faith and belief in themselves, in their body, their body's ability to heal and what they are capable of.

Because, you know, being bedridden is not a great place to come from.

And very few other conditions are.

are so poorly understood as endometriosis that, you know, you mentioned it, the emotional component, it's a huge factor, but so people, people have said to me, is it normal to be depressed?

I'm like, of course you're in pain and you're depressed.

You know, you're, of course you're going to be depressed because you know, you're isolated, you're alone.

You've had to give up your work.

You know, you've got no money coming in.

That's a depressing situation.

You're depressed.

So bringing people along and helping them recognize like yourself, recognizing your worth and your value,