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Unmasking with the Values Based Integration Process

What If you Treated Your Body Like it was Wise?

What if you Treated Your Body Like it was Wise?

What if you treated your body like it was wise?

What if your headaches were alerting you to exposure to chemicals or lighting that were harming you?

What if your hunger cues were telling you that your expectations on your body were outstripping your resources?

What if your pain was telling you that your body was misaligned or not supported well in the task at hand?

What if breathing difficulties were showing you that you were pushing your body beyond its limits?

What if your fatigue levels indicated that you were in need of more rest?

The theory of psychosomatic illness suggests that our bodies and minds are so intricately linked that our anxieties and depression can manifest themselves in our bodies.

But what if the opposite was (also?) true?

What if the link was so strong that tuning out our unsupported, unattended bodies over a (long) period of time could actually cause anxiety and depression?

How would that change how we approached mental health care?

The VBIP coaching program operates off this premise: the body is a source of wisdom for each and every one of us. If we want to learn to live well in this world, we have to start by valuing what the body has to say.

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About the program

In 2017 I was newly self-diagnosed with atypical autism, struggling with burnout, and striking out when it came to therapists who could address the issues I was facing. At the same time, I was building skills around life coaching, shame reduction, and trauma-informed therapy for work. Gradually I realized that what I needed – an embodied, autonomous, agency-driven coaching approach to unmasking – was not something I was going to find “out there”, but something I was going to need to create if I wanted to recover my life. This was the moment the Values Based Integration Process was born.

Having developed the program for myself – and having seen the incredible results it brought in my own life – I began to use it with coaching clients. The results were out of this world!

After conversations with Dr. Devon Price, the technique was featured in his book Unmasking Autism. With it, came interest in the technique and the decision was made to begin training coaches and therapists to help make this toolkit more readily available.

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