Root to Rise:

Living Well with Chronic Illness

Mindful self-management support for those navigating health challenges to shift from surviving to thriving

What if you could feel more calm, supported, and confident along your health journey?

Root to Rise is where you can shift from surviving to thriving, build mindful self-management skills, and deepen your self-compassion with personalized support along the way.

Navigating chronic health challenges can be overwhelming and lonely, whether you’re facing a new diagnosis or have been managing your condition for a while. Root to Rise is a 7-week mindful self-management program, offered in both a live group format and a self-paced online course.

Living well and living with a health condition aren’t mutually exclusive. Wellness is incredibly personal and encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. It is about so much more than just managing symptoms.

Living a whole life while facing health challenges is possible and you get to define what that looks like. But you don’t have to do it alone.

In Root to Rise, you can expect a unique, integrative approach that blends empowering education, guided self-reflection, and accessible embodiment practices.

Each week, you’ll learn practical strategies to improve your everyday life through key topics like:

  • Managing fatigue

  • Learning your body’s cues

  • Getting organized + easing brain fog

  • Supporting sleep

  • Handling stress + the hard days

  • Making aligned choices

MEET YOUR GUIDE

Hi! I’m Lindsay.

I am a licensed occupational therapist, wellness coach, and yoga teacher. I help people discover ways to thrive while living with chronic and complex health conditions through empowering self-management approaches and accessible mind-body practices.

I created Root to Rise to share foundational self-management strategies and evidence-based approaches that can make life with chronic illness less overwhelming.

I am excited to offer this impactful content as both a live program and self-paced course, so you can choose the format that works best for you. My hope is that it helps you navigate the twists and turns along your journey with more ease, confidence, and self-compassion.

Root to Rise is for you if…

  • You're trying to balance managing chronic illness and living (and enjoying!) your life

  • You are facing a change/ progression in your condition or a life transition

  • You want to learn practical strategies, lifestyle choices, and accessible mind-body practices

  • You would like to connect with others for support and encouragement

  • You want to tend to your well-being by nurturing practices of self-kindness and rest

  • You are ready to root into your own values, priorities, and goals in this season

Here’s the support you get in Root to Rise:

  • 7 weeks of video lessons: Each module opens with a guided centering practice to help you connect mind and body before diving into the weekly topic. In the education sections, I share digestible, actionable information as well as reflection questions for exploring what is most relevant in your life right now.

  • 1-to-1 support call with me: In this 45-minute private session with me, you can ask questions about content and get personalized support for integrating strategies into your life for gentle change.

  • The Root to Rise Toolkit: This 70-page printable PDF is your reference tool, so you can come back to the important concepts and interactive, creative resources again and again!

  • ✨ BONUS ✨ Supportive community of people who "get it": You’re invited into Tending Together, a cozy community for Root to Rise grads cultivating rhythms of connection and support. (Your first month — 2 community gatherings — is free!)

$297

for lifetime course access

Online Course

Live Group Program

Registration currently closed

I offer live cohorts of Root to Rise based on interest, typically twice a year.

Sign up for the waitlist below to share your interest and receive updates!

What past Root to Rise participants say:

  • “I loved our Root to Rise group, as it was a space in which I could show up exactly how I was feeling that day.

    There was no pressure to "be" or to present a certain way. You allowed us to show up authentically, which was so important for me on my hard, painful days.

    Your group provided practical, actionable exercises to help me better balance my days.”

    — Lindsey

  • “The information was SUPER helpful yet not overwhelming. I learned new ideas to help manage my MS when I thought I knew it all after 18 years.

    The environment felt truly open and loving which feels essential to sharing the broken bits and better figuring out how to heal or deal.

    For me, Root to Rise was gentle guidance in structuring self-compassion.”

    — Erika

  • “Root to Rise found me at a very challenging time in my life. I’d been trying to navigate the newness of chronic illness being thrust upon me. Among all the other things I was lacking, people who 'got it' was high on the list.

    I looked forward to getting to spend time with a lovely group of individuals in similar circumstances. And having Lindsay as a facilitator made for a really safe environment.”

    — Janet

  • “I chose to join Root to Rise because I wanted to find ways to connect with my body, give myself rest, build resilience, and engage in practices that support my well-being.

    I recommend Root to Rise because it forces you to take a rest and pause in your own busy life. You can learn about which parts of your life need to be pruned away, which are ripe for growth, which are lying dormant, and which are in need of nurturing.”

    — Lauren

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Root to Rise is open to all folks living with chronic or complex health conditions. You may have received a diagnosis recently or have been managing a health condition for a while. Maybe you are caught in an uncertain season without answers.

  • The self-management topics and mindful practices in this program can be deeply supportive for folks navigating a variety of health conditions, including:

    -Multiple sclerosis, lupus, autoimmune conditions;
    -Chronic fatigue syndrome/ME;
    -Long COVID and POTS;
    -Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
    -Endometriosis;
    -Depression, anxiety ;
    -Cancer recovery;
    -Chronic pain conditions;
    -Post-concussion / mild TBI;
    -And more…

    You do not need to have a diagnosis at all. If Root to Rise feels relevant and supportive, you are welcome here. Feel free to email me if you have questions!

  • Yes, definitely! I’ve intentionally included a 1-to-1 session so you’ll have my undivided attention for exploring questions about content, coaching support for a specific issue/desired next step, or guided movement and mindfulness practices.

  • Yes! This offering is completely virtual and participants can join from anywhere. If you are joining the group program, just make sure the time difference suits your schedule — group times are set to EST.

  • All the creative resources, including the printable Root to Rise Toolkit, are yours to keep and return to whenever you’d like!

Have another question? I’m happy to chat! Just pop me an email here.

~Lindsay