Caileigh Feldman heals from chronic eczema and withdrawal from topical steroids (2023)

Caileigh Feldman is a Certified Cellular Regeneration and Detox Specialist, Raw Food Chef, Marconics Energy Teacher-Practitioner, and Yoga Instructor. She healed her body and her consciousness of eczema, suicidal depression, chronic fatigue, crippling anxiety, and topical steroid withdrawal (TSW). She has been a vegan since 2012 and loves her plant-based lifestyle. She completed a 144-day juice cleanse on January 1, 2019 and feels more radiant than ever!

Caileigh Feldman and her husband Brian Russo co-founded the Detox Mastery Academy to empower thousands of lightworkers, leaders, and families to transform their health and experience true vitality. Caileigh Feldman and Brian Russo lead international yoga, raw food and detox retreats in Costa Rica.

Caileigh is on a mission to empower millions of people to reconnect with their divine source in their hearts, restore health to their bodies, and give joy a real chance! Explore the Caileigh Feldman website,Give joy a chance, where you will find seven free raw vegan recipes and join theAcademic Detox Mastery. Siga Caileigh Feldman emFacebookmiInstagram.

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Caileigh Feldman's skin opens her up to experience freedom

My skinHe has been my greatest guru. It was through deep physical pain that I found my true freedom. When I was just 2 years old, I was diagnosed with chronic eczema. Some of my earliest memories are scratching my skin until it bled. I begged my mother to let me have a new fur set. She embarrassed me and hid my skin under long sleeves, even in the beautiful summer dresses my mother made me.

topical steroidsMy doctor prescribed them for me when I was 8 years old. My mother trusted the doctors and they did not give usnowarning of what could happen with constant use of topical steroids. For the next 14 years of my life, I used steroid creams on a weekly basis. I didn't know that applying this little tube of cream would result in such horrible suffering.

When I was 11 years old, I started having major depression, suicidal thoughts, and anxiety. I hid my intense feelings by obsessing over dressing well and focusing on my outward appearance. At that time, I wrote the lyrics to the song: "More and more makeup with each application, disguising my feelings with foundation." I was afraid to open up and share my inner feelings with someone.

In high school, I made positive friendships and was active in many extracurricular activities, including college football, jazz band, musical theater, and environmental activism. During that time, although he was excelling in school and thriving, he was still using topical steroids consistently on small patches of eczema. I had no idea that he was doing more harm than good.

Caileigh Feldman's college years lead her to good health

light for healthit started spinning in my mind when I was a freshman at Haverford College. I started experiencing digestive discomfort during the first semester because it was the first time I had eaten more processed canteen food. I was recruited to play college football and moved my body a lot, but still gained 10 pounds in my first three months of school. I hadNeverI have gained extra weight in my entire life. It wasn't feeling well and I felt lethargic!

I would call my mother, crying with a stomach ache. I hadnoidea that it was related to what he was eating. My mom asked me, "What are you eating?" And I said, “For breakfast, I'm going to have eggs, pancakes, hash browns, sausage, and cereal. For lunch I have chocolate shakes and grilled cheese, and for dinner I have spaghetti with tomato sauce.” She said, “Well, sure, you don't feel well. You're not eating real food like fruits, vegetables, or unprocessed foods." I wasshocked🇧🇷 I had literally never made a deep connection between food and energy. I was also angry and thought: "Why did I never learn any of this in school?"

From that moment I began to be interested in health and well-being. Not long after, my entire family went vegan, inspired by my brother's decision to cut back on meat. I started to make the connection that what I putinside sidemy body has affected my overall health (mental, emotional, spiritual)miphysical).

I started going to Trader Joe's and felt able to cook all my meals in my apartment on campus: oatmeal with cinnamon and maple syrup for breakfast, salad with roasted vegetables, hummus and pita for lunch, and whole wheat pizza or noodles. of rice. with tons of stir-fried vegetables for dinner. My snacks became popcorn or puffed rice crackers and almond butter bananas. On the weekends, I would make vegan banana pancakes for my friends and invite everyone over to my apartment and ask them to bring their favorite toppings.

I fell so in love with the vegan lifestyle that I even taught vegan and vegetarian cooking classes to my classmates and volunteered in Philadelphia public high schools to make healthy after-school snacks.

After graduating from Haverford College, I moved to New York City to work for a non-profit organization, teaching vegan cooking classes and hosting holistic health fairs for a public school. It was totally my dream job at the time! While living in New York, my skin started to swell again. I started getting little red itchy bumps all over my chest, neck, arms and stomach. At first I thought it was an allergic reaction to something in my apartment. I switched my cleansers to all-natural brands. I gave up all processed foods and stopped drinking wine. I even bought new sheets for my bed!

Nothing I tried seemed to work.

Caileigh Feldman looks inward and finds answers to health challenges

When I looked inside myselfI knew what I had to do. He was looking outside of myself to fix a problem that came fromwithinME! My breakouts would not go away and I was still using steroid creams.

One day I looked in the mirror and said to myself: “I am ready to be who I am.in!”

I had a strong intuitive feeling that I needed to throw out the topical steroid creams right away. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. So I stopped using topical steroid creams for the rest of my life.

My body's response was to erupt like a volcano with red spots all over it! My face and eyes swelled up so much that I had trouble seeing. I started experiencing oozing, burning, bleeding, cracking, insomnia, and depression.

The pain was so bad that I could barely move. Thank God I was able to work remotely over the summer and recuperate at my parents' house. I did some research and found out how bad topical steroid creams were for my health and had alight bulbmoment: I had been suppressing my nervous system and immune system all my life. My skin was just a messenger.

During that time, I had a lot of time to do research and found out that what I was experiencing was called Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW) and Red Skin Syndrome (RSS). It was devastating to learn that my body had not only become addicted to the steroid creams, but had also exacerbated the eczema, which it was originally "supposed to cure."

I have seen thousands of mothers, fathers, and even many young children in TSW support groups suffer like I did. The hardest part was seeing that no one in these groups had a clue.as theto cure TSW or treat the incredibly uncomfortable symptoms. Few people seemed to believe that diet was an important factor, but my own intuition led me to believe that it was one of the most important keys to my healing. So I took my vegan diet to the next level and introduced more fruits, fruit smoothies, greens, sweet potatoes, and drank at least 8 glasses of filtered water a day. I cut out all salt, soy, gluten, and processed foods, but I still didn't know anything about juicing.

My diet was bringing me some relief, but my world was shattered again when my on-and-off boyfriend of seven years broke up with me. He was heartbroken but inspired by my brother, who gave me advice that hit me like a punch to the stomach: "Let go of me or they'll drag you down." I knew at that moment that I needed to let it go.mithat my physical healing was not just about diet. The root of this was getting over the emotional pain behind it all.

Practicing yoga helps Caileigh Feldman overcome emotional pain to find peace

yoga helpedmove me not only my body but my emotions. My mother gave me a book calledWarrior Pose: How Yoga Literally Saved My Lifebybrad willis🇧🇷 I was inspired by how he cured stage 4 throat cancer and healed a broken back by practicing yoga. She had never tried yoga before because he did not have the patience to do it. He was used to the fast pace of soccer. But practicing hot yoga every day that summer helped me get over all my emotional pain and find peace again. At first, yoga was very difficult mentally. I had trouble staying present in poses and experienced tons of mind chatter. Slowly but surely my body became more flexible and my mind calmer. Yoga also touched my soul and was the beginning of my spiritual journey.

In just one month of declaring my intention to heal the Universe, my skin was squeaky clean, smooth, and stronger than ever. Members of the TSW Facebook groups couldn't believe the results I shared with them!

Caileigh Feldman adopts an all-raw vegan diet

The idea of ​​going on a raw food diet.It would have seemed crazy to me when I started college, but after going vegan and hearing about the benefits of raw food for treating eczema, I decided to give it a try. It wasn't easy getting back to the hustle and bustle of New York City after my healing summer, but for my 23rd birthday in December, I decided to go totally raw!

I ate alonebananasmidatesfor a month. I knewanythingabout raw food, so I tried to go to "Banana Island". I have seen a decrease in inflammation in my body, but not much. I now know that bananas and dates are fruits with low water content and were not giving my body the hydration it needed. I “celebrated” the New Year by doing a five-day water fast! My raw food and fasting lifestyle journey has begun!

Over the next four years, my approach to raw foods continued to evolve as I got more in touch with my body. I used to eat three meals a day and enjoyed more green smoothies, salads, and a variety of toppings. So I started eating two meals a day and incorporating more fruits and juices with a high water content. I also started intermittent fasting (dry fasting for 14 hours a day) eventually coming down to two meals a day and finally one meal a day. Juicing has become a big part of my lifestyle and I drink a lot of fruit juices every day. The deepest I have ever done in my cell regeneration was during 144 days of juicing. I drank my party juice moment by moment and didn't try to force it. My body guided me all the way, and it was a joy to finally feel my true hunger return. It was an incredibly profound experience. I was able to remove a lot of old debris, and with that debris, many old beliefs and emotional patterns that no longer served me. My first meal after my juice feast was my favorite fruit: mangoes! I know many people might consider this extreme, but gradually switching my diet to fruit and juice has made me healthier and more vibrant than ever.

A yoga retreat opened my eyes towhat could be my dream life. Just a month after starting a raw food lifestyle, I attended a week-long yoga retreat in Costa Rica. I got high and fell in love with Costa Rica and the Pura Vida lifestyle! I was even inspired to start a yoga retreat business so others could have an equally powerful experience! I felt open to all the great things the Universe was bringing into my life. I had retreats planned in Peru, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua, and my skin felt great!

Caileigh Feldman finds love when she least expects it

love cameWhat a surprise to me when I met my future husband, Brian, on vacation in Jamaica! The song “My Sweet Lord” was playing when we met and began a week of singing, swimming, and dancing under the stars. We looked deep into each other's eyes the first night we met. I put my hand on his heart and he said that he felt something he had never felt before! On the second day of the trip, we were in love! He played his singing bowls while I led a yoga class for our families, who got along very well. Our work together had already begun! We had an amazing summer of love and then I went to Peru to complete my 200 hour yoga teacher training.

Brian joined me in Peru for the retreat and we had fun exploring South America afterwards! The next retreat we organized together was in beautiful Nosara, Costa Rica. At sunset on the last night of the retreat, Brian got down on one knee and proposed to me in front of the entire group. I said yes, and we were married five months later in a small, private ceremony in Maryland overlooking the Chesapeake Bay. Then in July we had our big family wedding celebration in the south of France. It was a fairy tale wedding and truly a dream come true!

Caileigh Feldman and husband Brian Russo launch Give Joy A Chance

Our passion for healingled us to become certified experts in detoxification and cell regeneration with Dr. Roberto Morse. Not long after, we started our wellness business, Give Joy a Chance! We realized that the physical detox protocols for our clients were important, but that the root of the entire journey is true emotional healing rooted in self-love.

I amso thankful for the raw food lifestyle that helped me reveal and embody who i truly am. My experience shows me how interconnected I am with everything in the Universe. I see how my positive and negative choices spill over into each and every area of ​​my life, so I've learned to do my best to take responsibility for every choice I make.

the answer is alwayswithin🇧🇷 It's up to me to align my thoughts, words and actions with the kind of world I want to create! I have spent my entire life focusing on the external and trying to make everything in my life seem “perfect” by repressing my symptoms and my true feelings.

Going in to heal my skin was a hard lesson to learn and finally accept. Once I was able to deeply face my situation and start to become my own best friend, I was empowered to make consistent decisions that align with my health and happiness.

Now, best of all, I feel truly happy, and with that, my childhood wish has come true: I finally found peace in my body!

let my story inspireyoubeing deeply curious about the messages your body is sending you and knowing that your health is always in your own hands. Love is the most healing force in the entire universe, and it is your choice to align with the power of love.

YouCan Iheal your life It starts with the physical, but as you go deeper, you will discover the mental and emotional patterns that kept you stuck and living small.

I call this process “lighting up your life”. At first, it may feel like your life is falling apart only to discover that from the ashes of the past you will emerge free to express yourself like never before. Faith and trust will carry you forward.

As a Certified Detox Specialist, I have been working to help our clients recover for the past two years through my Detox Mastery Academy. If you are ready to transform and become the highest expression of yourself, I am ready to support and guide you on your path to vibrant health!

Joy is who you are. Love forever. 🇧🇷