Our Story
The Cleansing Vibes Wellness Collective was started in 2019 by husband and wife Matthew and Amanda.
We met back in 2014 when both of us were really struggling. We were sick a lot of the time, exhausted from chronic pain, and living in a very frantic and ungrounded way. Every day was a struggle, and we weren’t really living, but just trying to survive.
Even though we were regularly seeing doctors, our health and well-being continued to decline. It was an endless cycle of receiving a new diagnosis, being put on more medications, suffering from side effects, and then receiving another diagnosis based on the side effects, and the cycle kept repeating. It got so bad that one of us was up to nine medications by the time we were in our mid-20s, and yet sicker than ever, barely functioning, and spending a good chunk of what little resources we had on things that were only making us worse.
We were constantly in a state of panic, fear, and anxiety. Frantically putting all the energy we had into trying to figure out what was going wrong and trying to fix the situation, but our efforts were constantly failing because we were coming from such an ungrounded place.
Then, in 2016, the fragile construct of the lives we were trying to maintain all came crashing down in a devastating way. Our bodies completely shut down from the constant stress we had been putting them under for years. For one of us, this meant completely losing the ability to function, unable to eat, sleep, and move, all while being covered head to toe in stress hives.
We were unable to work and lost our jobs. The people we had surrounded ourselves with were all in a similar place as we were, so we weren’t able to lean on them for support. It was a devastatingly lonely and frightening time of our lives.
Thankfully, it was at this time we discovered the healing power of holistic care. Approaching our health from the stance of taking our whole systems into account – physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and relational – instead of just focusing on the symptoms, completely changed us. Our health did a total 180°, and we began experiencing true healing and change, instead of being in the cycle of just masking our pain and symptoms with medication.
Unfortunately, we quickly found that while this method of healing was actually working, it was also really expensive, and generally not covered by insurance. We depleted all of what little resources we had left investing in holistic care.
That’s when we got the idea for Cleansing Vibes. We believe that healing should not just be for the rich, and those who don’t have should not be stuck being subjected to treatment that keeps them stuck in an endless downward spiral. We believe everyone should have access to the healing support they need, and understand that it looks different for everyone. We can see the major difference living holistically made in our lives, and we want everyone to be able to experience how good life can be.
If you found yourself here, we believe you are in the right place. Let’s become healthier and more balanced together!
