How I healed my son’s chronic gastro symptoms with the Emotion Code
This will forever be one of my most cherished healing stories.
To this day, it’s still my favourite. Not because it was the most dramatic, or the most complex—but because it was my son. Because I got to help my baby. (He’s 10 now—but still very much my baby.)
And because in the moment when I felt the most helpless as a mother, energy healing gave me back my power.
It All Started with a Gastro Bug
On New Year’s Day 2024, my youngest son Harry came down with a nasty stomach bug. The poor guy was so sick—vomiting, exhausted, curled up on the couch. It’s awful seeing your child that unwell, and feeling like there’s not much you can do to help.
Thankfully, the acute part passed within 24 hours and we thought he was getting back to normal. But about two weeks later, the nausea and vomiting started again.
And then it didn’t stop.
For the next 10 months, he experienced sudden bouts of nausea and vomiting at least twice a week. It was relentless.
I Did Everything I Knew How to Do
As a holistic nutritionist, I threw the kitchen sink at this.
We did:
Stool, urine, and blood tests through our GP
Functional lab testing
Bio-resonance hair testing
Gut healing protocols and restrictive diets
Probiotics, herbs, homeopathy, you name it
Nothing worked.
We even tried anti-nausea medication just to get him through the school day. He missed so much class, and I lost count of the times I picked him up from the sick bay. The amazing school office ladies all knew him—and had his medication ready in the drawer.
We saw a pediatrician and a pediatric gastroenterologist. The tests brought peace of mind (no sinister causes, thankfully), but still no answers. The only conclusion was that his gut lining may have been damaged and needed time to repair.
Meanwhile, our entire family had the worst year of sickness we’ve ever had—starting with the gastro bug on New Year’s Day, then COVID, then influenza. One hit after another. I felt completely exhausted and deeply defeated.
Then Someone Suggested It Could Be Emotional
Eventually, I took Harry to our wonderful Bowen therapist—who gently suggested that his ongoing symptoms might be emotional. That the trauma of the original bug, and everything else he’d been through, could be stored in his body.
At the time, I was just dabbling with the Emotion Code. I was intrigued by energy healing, but not fully convinced.
Until we went to Fiji.
We took a family holiday over December/January and I was honestly dreading it. I assumed Harry’s symptoms would only get worse while we were away—but they completely disappeared.
No nausea. No vomiting. Not even a mention of it.
That’s when my husband said, “It has to be emotional. There’s no school here. No sports. No social stressors.”
Then It Became Crystal Clear
The day after we returned home, Harry had a surf lifesaving session. He came off his board in the big surf—nothing dangerous, but it gave him a fright. The next day when I told him it was time to go back to the beach, his whole body tensed. He was fighting back tears.
Ten minutes later, he vomited.
That was it. The final puzzle piece clicked into place. His symptoms weren’t random. They were triggered by stress, fear, and stored emotional trauma.
The Session That Changed Everything
That night, I did my first proper Emotion Code session on Harry.
Layers and layers of anxiety came up. It all made sense:
His first year at primary school without his big brother
A shift in his friend group
A move across the country just six months earlier
The original trauma of the stomach bug
All the unknowns and stress that followed
It was all still in his body.
During the session, he had a big emotional release. He cried. I cried. And then I saw something shift. His shoulders dropped. His face softened. His whole physiology changed in front of me.
And from that day on…
He never vomited again.
Not once. After one session.
That was my proof. That was the moment I knew: this works.
What I Know Now
Since then, Harry has had the odd moment of tension or nausea, often linked to stress. But now, I know what to do. I can do a quick session and bring him relief almost instantly.
And he knows it too. He’ll say, “Mum, I think I need a session.”
He’s calm. I’m calm. It’s part of our toolkit now.
Why I’m Sharing This
Because I know I’m not the only mum who has sat in the doctor’s office, desperate for answers. I know how painful it is to watch your child suffer, try everything, and still feel powerless.
If that’s you—I want you to know: there’s another way.
The Emotion Code gave me back my power as a mother. It brought my son relief when nothing else could. It cracked me open and set me on a path I never expected—but will be forever grateful for.
This work gets results, period. If you want to learn more about the amazing success stories I have had working with children and families then you can read my post Can The Body Code Help My Child?
I love working with families and children. That’s why I created my Family Healing Bundle - for families to have on-hand and use when symptoms come up.
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