Elizabeth Kipp is an Addiction Recovery Coach, Yoga Teacher, Chronic Pain Management Expert, and best-selling Author who is in long term recovery from chronic pain and concurrent addiction.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Science degree and is a Yoga-Informed Recovery Coach (Recovery 2.0), Kundalini Yoga Teacher (IKYTA/Yoga Alliance), and Ancestral Clearing Practitioner.

She specializes in helping people heal from chronic pain and offers workshops and individual sessions around the world.

Elizabeth is the author of “The Way Through Chronic Pain: Tools to Reclaim Your Healing Power.”

Elizabeth lives in Lawrence, Kansas, where she helps people find and build a stable recovery path. She practices, teaches yoga, offers Ancestral Clearing, and writes.

Elizabeth’s Story:

“I experienced 59 years of chronic pain and 32 years of addiction to prescribed pain and anti-anxiety medication. The only answer the doctors had for my chronic pain was medication. My pain was not addressed by this strategy. In fact, it was exacerbated by it. I became hypervigilant, suffered from hyperalgesia and frequent debilitating panic attacks. My health suffered greatly because this approach led to:

·        my pain getting worse and worse;

·        a compromised ability to breathe and digest food, so I was not able to take in nourishment; I was dying inch by inch, cell by cell.

·        depression and hopelessness.

I finally found a doctor who understood the nature of the underlying causes of chronic pain. He taught me how to find my way through, without medication. I healed and live a thriving life. You can, too.

I found peace and vitality. I never want anyone to go through what I experienced ever again. I am here to share the tools I learned to heal from chronic pain – without pharmaceuticals. I would like to help you experience this transformation in your life - and my methods are based on my direct experience.”

 

Elizabeth is a longtime seeker of truths with a foot each in the spiritual and scientific worlds. Her life experiences and training enable her to bridge the gap between these two worlds. Elizabeth has taken a three-pronged approach to the role of health facilitator, and helps people unleash their inherent power to heal. To achieve this, she uses a grounding in science, a foundation in the spiritual world, and a lifetime of experience. She has authored a number of peer-reviewed research papers in her areas of expertise and is an international best-selling author.

 

Elizabeth-Kipp.com offers a suite of tools for better living, critical for maintaining a pain-free life beyond the suffering of chronic pain. The site offers free videos and information on the modalities of Stress Management, Addiction Recovery, Ancestral Clearing, Meditation and Pranayama, and Generative Communication. Elizabeth does private one-on-one and group sessions to help others find ways to live beyond chronic pain. The site also offers uplifting, inspirational, and educational blogs by Elizabeth Kipp and guest bloggers, a Meditation Room with free guided meditations, and The Safe Room – a community secret group within Facebook to support the stress and chronic pain community in a safe environment.

We Can Heal from Chronic Pain – Here’s the Proof

In the months following the birth of her son in 1982, Elizabeth’s burgeoning professional career was cut short by the emergence of a structural weakness in her low spine. She spent the next 31 years in and out of hospitals in pursuit of a way to stabilize her spine and find freedom from the persistent pain resulting from an old injury.

Her deep connection to the spiritual world supported her through multiple surgeries, decades of prescribed medications and concurrent addiction, and a long persistent search for modalities that would help her to heal. In 2015 Elizabeth entered into Dr. Peter Przekop’s Pain Management Program where she was able to free herself of the chronic pain cycle and find a way to live a life free of suffering.

 

Now in recovery, Elizabeth is a health facilitator specializing in Addiction Recovery Coaching, Stress and Chronic Pain Management, Ancestral Clearing, and Kundalini Yoga – Kriya, Meditation and Pranayama. Her mission is to help people to step into the power of their own healing. She has turned her attention as a patient advocate in service to the alarmingly high population of people who suffer from or are in recovery from chronic pain.

 

THE CASE FOR PATIENT EMPOWERMENT IN HEALING

In 1984, Elizabeth and her husband, Larry, and son, Mastin, moved to Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada where Larry entered a post-doctoral program at the University of New Brunswick. Elizabeth was referred to a highly recommended and seasoned orthopedic doctor there to handle her case. She met with this doctor and, after looking over my X-rays, records, and examining her, he told her something that shook her world like a super-volcano:

“You will be in Level 7 out of 10 pain for the rest of your life — 24/7 — and you will be in a wheelchair by the time you are 40 years old.”

Here is Elizabeth’s recollection of this time in her life:

“I was shaken to my very core. I fell apart and burst into tears right there in this doctor’s office. The thoughts: “Is this really the life I am meant to live?” and “how will I ever handle living the rest of my life feeling all of this ache in my back?” raced through my mind. These were quickly followed by: “How will I ever be the wife and mother I always dreamed of being if I have to deal with this, too?” and “what about the career I worked so hard to prepare for – what about that?” And then: “What kind of life is this to live?” Finally, “How will I ever survive this? Does my spirit have the strength to endure such a life? Is this all there is for me?”

In that moment, I believed what the doctor had said. After all, I had been raised to bow to the knowledge and, I dare say, wisdom of doc- tors. They had been educated for many years in medical school and, in my mind anyway, were privy to knowledge that was far from mine. When this doctor handed me this prognosis, I believed his pronouncement to be true. I did not question it. In all those years of studying science and the scientific method, I still did not have the razor-sharp point of fine-tuned critical thinking at the ready, but I was to learn this later.

Once I began crying, I found that I could not stop. I am not one who cries easily, so the fact that I was crying so forcefully and freely was a shock to me all by itself. I left the doctor’s office, still in tears, and got in the car where my husband and son were waiting for me. My son was in the car, too. The tears continued to flow freely and fiercely. I felt like a thick black blanket of despair closed over me, encompassing all of me. My whole body was shaking, and I felt utterly unable to control myself. I remember getting even more upset that I was ‘losing it’ in front of my son, who was only two years old at the time. He had never seen me cry before, let alone uncontrollably. I continued crying all the way home. There seemed to be no stopping those tears. I cried for two weeks straight – around the clock. I cried myself to sleep, fell asleep exhausted, and awoke only to start crying all over again – until the next time I fell asleep. This cycle repeated itself over and over.

I felt like I was closed tight inside of a small, very tall, but thin, dark closet. I could not find the door out of this closet.

“I kept casting my eye around in this darkness, searching for the Light. Something inside of me urged me to keep looking. Of course, it was either keep looking or give up altogether. Giving up has never been one of my strong suits.”

I went through four of the five stages of grief outlined by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (http://www.ekrfoundation.org/). Even though I felt held firmly and deeply within the arms of despair, I never fully accepted the prognosis or pronouncement that my doctor had given me. I fought against it with all of my strength, despite the tears and the despair. I dug so deeply inside of myself and peered deeply into the blackness inside of this tiny, stuffy, dark closet in which I felt trapped. I went through denial, anger, bargaining, and depression (where I clearly lived for quite a while) … but I never reached the fifth stage of acceptance. Instead I was graced with an epiphany and this catapulted me right out of my depression: “That doctor is not a fortune-teller. He is operating within a scientific paradigm. And I know that scientific paradigms shift. We used to believe that the earth was flat…until we discovered that it was round.”

I finally found the Light I had been searching for in the form of this revelation. In science there is never 100% certainty about anything. Science works only with probabilities and tries to predict the likelihood or probability that something will occur. This is the best we can do within the framework of the scientific method, which is rather rigid by its design. Events are never certain in this model. Here was this doctor, a learned man of science, telling me how things were going to be in my life. Well, as I sat in his office, hoping for his help, instead of throwing me a life line and lifting me with the inspiration of possibility, he pronounced to me: “This is your future. Get used to it.”

I had to step out of my vulnerability as a patient desperately searching for answers and step back into my power as another learned person of science and call this doctor on the flaw in his position. Yes, perhaps he was speaking to probabilities and, as he saw things, the probabilities pointed to a rather slim likelihood of the kind of recovery for which I was hoping.

“But here’s the thing – where there is a chance, any chance at all, there is possibility and potential.”

And all kinds of strange and remarkable things happen in this mathematically slim window of possibility and probability. And, whereas science operates in a strict framework — just a small part of the All That Is, we as living beings exist in the entirety of the All That Is, and so are subject to phenomenon unknown to and outside of the realm of science. This presents an opening of hope.

The realization that this doctor presented me with a flawed argument blew my mind. I said to my Higher Power, “Thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn enough science to see its limitations and to understand what those limitations really mean. Thank you for gifting me with the power of logical thinking. Thank you for giving me the understanding and confidence that I can work my way through a thought process with clarity. It might take me a while to sort through it, but thank you for giving me vision in this way, no matter how long it takes to see it.”

It was in this moment, when I realized that my doctor’s viewpoint was limited by the very model in which he operated, that I finally took the responsibility for my healing into my own hands.

Never again would I allow a doctor to work above me. From that moment on, I entered my relationship with all health care workers, doctors or otherwise, on a collaborative level. If they wouldn’t adjust to working with me on the same level with them, then I moved on to another health care worker who would.

My empowerment as a patient began in earnest in this moment. I finally stopped crying and felt empowered in a way that I had never before experienced. It had never occurred to me before this event that my connection to myself, which was really the realization of my Higher Self, was such an integral part of my path to healing. I literally felt a shift in my physical world. I suddenly felt grounded and much more certain of myself. I still felt physical pain, but it did not hold the same heavy weight that it had before. I felt lighter with the promise of hope for healing in the future. I would stay in this empowered position throughout the rest of my journey to healing. I finally was getting connected into a part of me that I had sensed for years but had never been able to find. And I continue to this day to feel such gratitude for this crisis in consciousness and the revelation I had around it, or because of it.”

ELIZABETH KIPP CURRICULUM VITAE

Elizabeth is an author and spiritual teacher with a strong background in the sciences. She has a diverse background in plant science, agriculture, ecology, environmental studies, and remote sensing. She holds a B.S. Ag. in plant science with an emphasis on agriculture, soil science, and plant ecology from the University of Delaware. She pursued an M.S. in environmental studies at the University of Kansas with an emphasis on remote sensing, ecology, and environmental resource analysis. She was engaged in basic and applied research in remote sensing from 1979-82. At that time she worked with the Kansas Applied Remote Sensing (KARS) Program, which was funded by a grant from NASA and under mandate from the Carter Administration. Elizabeth has authored and co-authored a number of peer-reviewed research papers. In addition, she is a professional editor with over 35 years of experience.

Certifications

Yoga-Informed Recovery Coach Training Level 1 (100 hours) (Recovery 2.0) September 2019

Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Level 2 – Stress & Vitality (62 hours) – Feb 2019

Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Level 2 – Mind and Meditation (62 hours) – Aug 2019

Trauma-Informed Kundalini Yoga (6 hours) August 2018

Kundalini Yoga Teacher Certification Level One July 2016 (200 hours)

Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training 21 Stages of Meditation October 2015 (62 hours)

Ancestral Clearing Practitioner Training, Levels 1 & 2 - 2014

Bi-Lateral EFT/Tapping Practitioner - 2014

B.S Plant Science, University of Delaware 1980

 

BOOKS

The Way Through Chronic Pain: Tools to Reclaim Your Healing Power (October 2019)

 Paths to Peace: A 90-Day Journal (January 2017)

40 Days of Forgiveness: Teachings, Practices, and Prayers (In Prep) 

The Long Unwinding Road: A Memoir of Healing and Recovery (In Prep)

Chasing Dawn and Other Ravings: A Collection of Love Poems (In Prep)

Earth Songs and Other Tapestries: Poems from Earth School (In Prep)

 

ANTHOLOGIES:

365 Soulful Messages: The Right Guidance at the Right Time (November 2019) (365 Book Series) (Volume 5) – Compiled by Jodi Chapman and Dan Teck

Goodness Abounds: 365 True Stories of Loving Kindness (November 2018) (365 Book Series) (Volume 4) – Compiled by Jodi Chapman and Dan Teck 

365 Life Shifts: Pivotal Moments that Changed Everything (Feb. 2017) (365 Book Series) (Volume 3) – Compiled by Jodi Chapman and Dan Teck 

Dare to Be Sober (Feb. 2017) – Compiled by Mari Mitchell 

365 Moments of Grace (June 2016) (365 Book Series) (Volume 2) – Compiled by Jodi Chapman and Dan Teck

Dare to Be Authentic (Vol. 3): Learning to Trust Yourself Compiled by Mari Mitchell 

Village Pearls: Sacred Practices to Nourish Your Soul (March 2016) Compiled by Monique Hunt 

365 Ways to Connect with Your Soul (365 Book Series) (Volume 1) – Compiled by Jodi Chapman and Dan Teck

Global Voices of Social Media: 25 Women Share Stories of Strength, Love and Triumph (Feb. 2015) – Compiled by Shelley Costello 

Empowered Women of Social Media(TM): Over 100 Women Found Their “Voices” in Social Communities (Oct. 2014) – Compiled by Carla Hall and Joshua Mancil

RESEARCH PAPERS: 

1989.Influence of Resource Topography on Pollinator Flight Directionality in Two Species of Bees. J. Insect Behavior 2(4): 453-472 — Larry R. Kipp, William Knight, and Elizabeth R. Kipp
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01053341983.

1982.The Application of Remote Sensing to Resource Management and Environmental Quality Programs in Kansas. An Annual Report of Work Performed Under NASA Grant. — Barr, B. G. & Martinko, E. A. No. NGL 17-oo4-024. — Editing and illustrations were provided by Elizabeth R. Kipp, who also contributed to specific projects within the annual report.http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19850003128.pdf

1982. Crop Phenology and LANDSAT-Based Irrigated Lands Inventory in the High Plains. Conference Paper. — Martinko, E. A. & Kipp, E. R. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=198300571391982

1981. The Application of Remote Sensing to Resource Management and Environmental Quality Programs in Kansas. An Annual Report of Work Performed Under NASA Grant No. NGL 17-004-024. (April 1, 1980 – March 31, 1981) — Barr, B. G. & Martinko, E. A. No. NGL 17-oo4-024. — Editing and illustrations were provided by Elizabeth R. Kipp, who also contributed to specific projects within the annual reporthttp://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19830007486.pdf

1980. Crop Phenology and LANDSAT-Based Irrigated Lands Inventory in the High Plains. Final Report. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 139. — EA Martinko, J Poracsky, ER Kipp, H Krieger, K Gunn https://biosurvey.ku.edu/crop-phenology-and-landsat-based-irrigat- ed-lands-inventory-high-plains

1979. The Application of Remote Sensing to Resource Management and Environmental Quality Programs in Kansas. An Annual Report of Work Performed Under NASA Grant No. NGL 17-004-024 (April 1, 1979 — March 31, 1980) — Barr, B. G. & Martinko, E. A. — Editing and illustrations were provided by Elizabeth R. Kipp, who also contributed to specific projects within the annual report.http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19800024317.pdf

WORKS OF FICTION: 

INDEPENDENCE DAY SEQUEL

A Sequel to Independence Day: The Movie written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich Twelve years after the alien invasion the world is recovering, but the emergence of a new disease, Alien Syndrome, and recently discovered alien survivors intent on harvesting Earth continue to threaten our existence.

By Larry Kipp, Elizabeth Kipp and Mastin Kipp Copyright 2012 https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10847925/1/Independence-Day-II

 

INDEPENDENCE DAY III

Humanity is still recovering from the last alien invasion and learns the main force of over half a billion aliens is speeding towards Earth. By Larry R. Kipp, Elizabeth R. Kipp, and Mastin Kipp Copyright 2011
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11077996/1/Independence-Day-III-v2