“Dear Mags,
When I first met you I was an eroded version of myself. I was a chronic people pleaser who desperately sought out not only peoples approval but their undying adoration. I thought I needed it, I thought it would make me whole. To say I was susceptible to being influenced by other people’s opinions and emotions would be a gross understatement, I would take their feelings and emotions and embroider them into my being. I thought their feelings were not only more important than mine but I sincerely felt that they actually were the fibers that made up my own thoughts and opinions. I craved their understanding, I needed their validation and love because without it I was a shell. I would’ve followed a stop sign into war. I tried to make myself digestible, someone who would be easy to love.
I was shattered pieces of feelings and you helped me make them into a mosaic. I didn’t know what to do with all of the things I felt so I threw them at people hoping someone would catch them and care for me. You helped me name the feelings and by doing so I no longer felt like I was a victim to my own emotions but instead that they were something I should cherish.
I started breaking apart my desire to be understood and guided, I started trusting myself. Trusting yourself is not something that weak people do. I understood that people are flawed, that I am flawed but that does not make us any less worthy of love. I got to know what I value and used that as my compass for how to make all of my decisions and be satisfied with them. It felt like I was trapped under rubble after an earthquake and you removed all the rocks so that I could emerge.
I feel like I got to know myself intimately throughout the process and could finally see past the fog of my emotions. I used to live my life in constant fight or flight mode, adrenaline constantly coursing through me and now I feel like my body can rest, that it’s ok. My thoughts used to be unable to move without bumping into some piece of the past. I paid tribute to my past experiences and they no longer control who I am today.
I finally feel like I can wrap myself in the tapestry of myself, I don’t need other people’s contributions. My values are sacred to me and where I used to ricochet between certainties and doubts, now I know every piece of myself and I know exactly what to do.
To say thank you seems almost disrespectful because of how little gratitude it conveys, in proportion to the magnitude of improvement I have felt, but I know no better words so thank you for the world you opened up inside of me, I like it here”

“I would recommend that everyone should attend Mags Clark-Smith for a one-to-one consultation. She knows so much about the body. Her high level of training and vast experience shine through. Without her advice I would be on long term pain medication.”