Testimonials

After working with Dr. Kelly for years and finally healing from years of chronic illness (I had pretty much every symptom under the sun), I went through a period of unbelievable joy and elation for a few months. I had all of these wonderful emotional, energetic and spiritual techniques that had helped me heal and that I continued to use regularly to stay healthy and continue working on my healing and personal growth. I was so grateful to be alive and able to live my life normally for the first time in years. Everything was beautiful and full of love for me! However, the period of elation started to fade. Even though I had grown so much over the course of my illness and the healing period, even though I still regularly used all of the energetic, emotional and spiritual healing techniques that I had used to help myself heal, there were still some stubborn physical symptoms that were not improving. They were not affecting my daily life and I was continuing to grow stronger and healthier each day, so I figured those symptoms would eventually improve, as well. I also started having intense anxiety. Sometimes just in the morning, sometimes all day long. I would have days of intense depression, as well, where I felt hopeless and scared and full of grief. And no matter what I did, no matter which of my tried-and-true emotional/energetic/spiritual healing techniques I used, I was still having these episodes and those stubborn symptoms. After this went on for about a year and half, I slowly realized that something was missing in my healing. I started to recognize patterns that I had with friends and family that didn’t make sense for me with my new lease on life, but no matter how much I tried to clear these patterns, they were still there, permeating my everyday life. I still feared those around me. Still had so much trouble trusting in myself, in my loved ones, in the Universe. After all I’d been through and all of the work I’d done to heal my mind and body, I still found myself scared and guarded around other people, even those I was close with. I was replaying interactions over and over again afterwards. I had immense fear before out-of-the-ordinary interactions or events. I started a new career where I was seeing clients, and I worried frantically before every session and then continued to worry afterwards. I was waking up each morning with intense anxiety and having a couple days a month where I was so depressed I couldn’t stop crying. Old and new hurts and old harmful beliefs about myself that I’d worked on clearing many times before still felt so raw sometimes, like they were still pervading my everyday life in big ways. This after having survived and healed from years of debilitating chronic illness! I knew I was missing something. I felt it. I just didn’t feel like doing all the normal techniques I had done before. It just didn’;t feel right anymore. And when I did some of them just to try help myself, just to try to shift something, it didn’t feel as effective as it had in the past. So, I decided to wait and let things flow, knowing from my healing experience and my spiritual practice that the answer would come along eventually and I’d know it when it did. That’s when The Unforgetting Project came along. As soon as I read the first email, it felt like the missing piece. My spirit guides sounded the alarm too, and I signed up as soon as I could. I came into TUP hoping to shift these old harmful beliefs and stories about myself, about not being good enough, about blaming myself for everything, about fears related to my interactions with people in my life. I was hoping to also shift the anxiety and depression, as well as the stubborn physical symptoms that lingered.

After the first class, I realized right away that the techniques I had been using all these years to clear emotions and low-vibrational energy from my body, although very helpful in many ways (I had healed significantly already and had grown in numerous ways using these techniques), were focusing more on “getting the emotions/energy out”, rather than allowing myself to truly feel all of the emotions that were stuck inside me – emotions that I have come to realize I have been too afraid to really feel, emotions that wanted so badly to really be felt but which I have become very good at suppressing. All this time I’d just wanted to “get it out” so I could heal, and often I would feel things very strongly while doing many of these techniques, but I realized now that was more of a byproduct rather than the goal. I wasn’t seeing the emotions and their energy as something essential to our beings, something that makes us who we are, and therefore something that needs and deserves time to be deeply felt and experienced. And in the intentional experiencing and feeling, the emotions/energy finally get a chance to do what they were meant to do for us, and there is a completion. Not a “leaving”, as if they shouldn’t be there, but a completion of something natural and necessary. And in each completion, we come back to ourselves more and more, and with that, all parts of ourselves are healed because we are “unforgetting” the beings of love and light that we all truly are.

Another turning point was while doing one of the earlier homework assignments when we were in chairs with ourselves, exploring emotions in one chair and being our own inner counselor in the other. I really had an epiphany about how little love and compassion I give myself because the moment I switched to the inner counselor chair and told myself that I was here, that I could understand how hard things have been for me, I felt this sob of relief come out of me, like the expressing part of me was so relieved that it was being supported/loved by me. Being heard. Being seen. I realized that, despite all of the energy work and emotional clearing work I’ve done over the years, my goal was rarely, if ever, to just allow myself to feel deeply and completely without judgement or holding back and to love myself while doing it. I wasn’t usually loving, appreciating, welcoming or encouraging the feeling part of me, and the vulnerable parts inside of me could feel that and felt unsupported and unloved. My whole upbringing taught me that expressing anything but happiness and doing whatever kept people from getting mad me was the only way to stay safe, so I learned to fear feeling any strong feelings that might upset someone or make me a target. It just wasn’t safe to do so. And in this homework assignment, my emotional self was so relieved to be listened to with love and compassion, and without fear of judgement. Then, after a few weeks of class, I found myself noticing more and more when I changed myself around someone. When I feared interaction. When I felt uncomfortable feeling an emotion. I realized how this had been my normal for so long, but I was so good at ignoring it. I had been ignoring it since I was a child to survive. I knew there was a shift in my awareness that I’d never had before. I realized how often I ignore my feelings completely (maybe not ignore, probably more like automatically suppress) because I gradually started noticing subtle feelings of fear, anger, shame, etc in non- emotionally charged moments (normal everyday moments basically) more and more, and realizing that they’d always been there in day to day moments/experiences before, I was just so good at suppressing or ignoring them that it seemed like they weren’t there.

After a few weeks into the course, I noticed I was having less severe anxiety and depression than I’d been having. It was still there on certain days, but it was softer, less intense. I realized that it wasn’t happening quite so frequently as before, as well. But most importantly, when it does happen, I can now view it as a message from my higher self that something wants to be felt, rather than viewing it as something to fear. I take the time to listen and find out what emotions are waiting to be felt. I allow myself to feel.

And I know that in doing so, I will continue to see progress with this as well as other imbalances. I find myself saying things to my husband that I didn’t say before like “I can’t help how I feel about it, and this is how I feel right now”, and I wouldn’t usually have said things like before unless it just kind of exploded out of me. I feel less afraid to express the “scary” emotions, although I realize that I am still learning how to fully and completely express them without holding back. That may take me a little more time to learn, but I am learning how to notice when I’m holding back. I am noticing more and more when I hide who I am in order to please someone, when I’m using a voice that is not really mine. I recognize that I still have more to learn and understand about myself while doing this work, but it doesn’t feel daunting or confusing – it just feels like an unfolding that is happening at its own, necessary pace.

I have learned that emotions are not something to fear, and that I really have been fearing them all along. I learned that expressing emotions as a means to an end has held me back from the deeper healing that I knew I hadn’t reached yet. I am learning to welcome and support the expression of my emotions, to love and appreciate their expression as an essential part of who I am.

The Unforgetting Project is a program that teaches you that those symptoms in your body or mind are simply messages from your body, which is actually the voice of your unbelievably wise and strong inner/higher self. And that voice badly wants to express, to feel, to be heard. I felt that the goal in The Unforgetting Project is to listen to the messages our bodies are trying to tell us through symptoms. Those messages are unfelt and unexpressed emotions inside us that are suppressing the healthy balance of our physical and emotional body. If we can receive those messages, finding out what emotions are dying to be truly felt – and then we can allow ourselves to really, truly feel all that which has been suppressed – then we can heal. We can “unforget” who we have always been – beings of love and light who are meant to feel and experience deeply in all of the ways that make each and every one of us unique.

The Unforgetting Project came to me at such a perfect time in my life. Having used many different types of emotional and energetic release techniques in order to help heal my body and mind, I can confidently say that what this program teaches has been a missing piece to my puzzle. Actually, it has shown me that I’m not a puzzle at all, which is a blessing and a healing all on its own! Instead of seeking out emotional energy to just get rid of so that my body can heal, the program is helping me to relearn how to truly support, feel and appreciate the emotions that are desperately trying to be heard through mind/body symptoms and imbalances. The difference may sound subtle but it’s huge. By tuning into my body and welcoming the emotions to be truly felt without judgement or restrictions, I feel like I’m finally giving my body, my self, the love that it needs to heal deeply and completely. This self love and acceptance was something that I was not able to truly feel for myself before joining this program, and it is such a precious gift. I truly believe that this program has taken me to the next level in my mind/body healing journey, and I am so very grateful.”

~A.N.

I joined the Unforgetting Project expecting to attend a lecture series, and in hope of getting a glimpse into Dr. McCann’s work that I know she dedicated many years to. What I did not expect was how quickly the experience became deeply personal. In the very first week, I found myself crying so intensely that I could barely speak in front of two people I had just met. I had joined the program believing there was nothing in particular that needed healing—I considered myself to be relatively healthy. Yet as I sat in that first session, unfamiliar emotions began to surface, and for the first time I realized how disconnected I had been from myself. The constant need to keep up with life had caused me to lose touch with myself. As I began this process, I realized I was not as “okay” as I had believed. Physical sensations that I had long ignored—the tightness in my chest, the rising heat in my neck and jaw, the coldness in my hands and feet—were all messages my body had been trying to send. Beneath it all, I was harboring resentment and frustration toward myself and those around me because I had never taken the time to process what was happening within my mind and body, or perhaps I simply did not know how.

With each session and every trio practice, my exploration inward went a little deeper. As I gradually became more comfortable being vulnerable with both myself and others, a turning point came around week four. I learned to forgive myself for the many years of self-judgments and expectations, which I found out started forming when I was only 5.

In that moment, I felt the knot in my stomach loosen and the tightness in my chest and throat began to fade, as though I were releasing the chains I had unknowingly put on myself. Dr. McCann often reminds us that we already have all the tools within ourselves to respond to whatever arises in our bodies, to love ourselves, and ultimately to heal. But at the same time, I like to think of the Unforgetting Project as the key to that toolbox. The tools may have always been there, but this program is the key that allowed me to access them. Without this experience, I don’t think I would have the same connection to my inner, remembered self that I do now. It gave me the space, guidance, and courage to slow down, listen, and reconnect with parts of myself that I have long forgotten. I came to understand that I am my best advocate, and that profound healing begins with taking a moment to feel and acknowledging those feelings, not to jump straight into solving or avoiding. I am proud of myself for showing up and for being open to this process that allowed me to rediscover and reconnect with my remembered self. Thank you to Dr. McCann and everyone for being on this journey with me, sending love and positive energy to you all as we continue this practice. <3

~Q.H.

Dr. McCann’s Unforgetting Project has taught me the tools to listen to my body, meet my body with compassion, and remember that I always did and always will have the innate safety and trust in myself to heal, I just forgot about it somewhere along the way of life. She offers a unique and invaluable perspective that makes this program one of a kind. Your body is telling you a story via your symptoms, and Dr. Kelly is helping write that story. I have gained so much perspective and loving presence during this process. The community is truly so special and I thank everyone involved who has helped make this journey truly unforgettable.I will carry what I have learned here forever.

~N.C.

The Unforgetting Project is extraordinary. Dr. Kelly has created a profound path of healing and remembrance, and I am deeply grateful for her wisdom and guidance.

Through this process, I re-membered who I truly am and I healed. I confronted the stories, released the armor of emotions, and surrendered all beliefs. It was simple, but not easy, and Dr. Kelly held such a sacred and compassionate space for the journey.

In the unforgetting, my body healed and my soul awakened to what it has always been: love. I will forever be grateful for the gift of this work and for Dr. Kelly helping guide me back home to my Self.
Thank you for a life-changing experience.

~S.R.

I realized there was something within my soul saying, you’ve got to clear out some stuff, girl. I felt there were some deep emotions buried inside that I had never released.

At 71, I realized I was starting to block people, starting to go within, and I thought, my God, you’re blocking yourself from your daughter, you’re blocking yourself from feeling in order to just move through the world.

I felt my body open. Every time we did an exercise, I thought, oh my gosh, I get to cry. I couldn’t cry before unless I was watching something very emotional on TV.

What’s changed is that I’ve become more present and more open with people in my family.

I’m really proud of my courage to move forward, because that very first trio was the hardest. I faced my ego, which was trying to convince me, don’t do that, don’t show them you’re going to be weak. And then I realized, as I was doing this work, that crying, showing my vulnerability, is the most powerful I could be in my life.

~K.M.

I’ve tried everything on this healing journey over the past almost 15 years. I remember sharing in one of my very first trios that the symptom coming up was that my head felt so warm — so hot — and my body was so cold. When I sat with that for a moment, it felt like a computer on overdrive: my head was carrying everything that my body was begging it to feel instead. This program has really helped me tap into that. I still felt, coming into this program, a lot of uneasiness, a lot of anxiety — still rushing through everything, almost trying to perform to perfection. And I felt like if I wasn’t 100% symptom-free, I wasn’t done yet. Instead, it was just my body trying to tell me: it’s right here, you have it within you. You need to honor yourself. I needed to honor my true, authentic self rather than the person I was raised to be, or society told me to be. When I really tapped into what my body was trying to tell me, I uncovered so many things. My symptoms of anxiety, unease, worry, and fear about the future have completely dissipated. I’m not seeing the symptoms that pop up as something I need to fix or get rid of — but as an invitation to feel and tap into my authentic self. I welcome them now. I get curious and excited when something comes up. Recently, a family member told me to ‘lock it up’ when I was crying tears of joy at a family function. In the past, I would have done exactly that. Instead, I just said, ‘No, this is what I’m feeling right now.’ And it felt so freeing and so authentic — probably one of the first times in my life. The one thing that kept coming up as I reflected on this program: I AM the love I have always so deeply been searching for. Everything I need is already within me.

~A.M.

The Unforgetting Project was a transformational journey that helped my mind body and soul come together in harmony. Every part of the six week journey was deeply meaningful and helped me to connect to myself on an entirely new level. I recommend this life changing experience to anyone who is looking to improve not only their health, but their life, and their relationship with themselves.

~E.H.

I joined The Unforgetting Project because I think the last few years, I’ve been feeling a lot more detached from my body…this was me trying to return to myself, in a way, and it was very special being able to talk to my inner child. I didn’t expect to be able to connect on such a deep level. It was very grounding and very moving. I’ve like done EMDR therapy, and that provides, like, a different lens, but I feel like in The Unforgetting Project, you really get to hold yourself, and I think it’s really special. I think we’re able to hold other people really well, but there’s not as many times when you’re as gracious and patient with yourself.

A big thing I noticed for myself is I let myself feel things, but I put almost like an alarm clock on it. I’m like, Okay, you have 10 to 15 minutes to feel this, and then we’re going to, like, wrap it up because you have something else to do after. And what I learned is the reflection period, that three minutes of reflection afterwards is very, very important to really feel it and understand it. And I think that was particularly valuable for me, so really wonderful.

~K.H.

My intention for joining was to feel more embodied. I used to feel this tightness in my throat and just reject it. Through this program I’ve learned to listen to it more deeply and see what’s behind it. I was scared I wasn’t going to do it right, that nothing would come up. But I’d be surprised every week by how much actually did. I learned that feeling the feelings actually wasn’t as bad as I thought. It crescendos and then it dissolves into something, like it’s showing you something profound. I don’t need to be scared of my feelings, I can feel them, and it’s a way home back to myself.

~L.L.

I never knew who Dr. McCann was. I’d been going through a lot of health issues, and someone in my life noticed I wasn’t well and encouraged me, generously, to see Dr. McCann and to join this program. In one of my trios, I remember realizing for the first time ever that I’ve got me. I don’t have to rely on another person in order to survive. I realized life is intended to be soft, not hard. This group has shown me how to breathe again, in so many different ways.

~M.S.

The words ‘your symptoms are not obstacles, they’re information’ just spoke to me. I realized that my symptoms, which had been treated as mast cell activation, were coming from holding in emotions. One of my biggest turning points was realizing that your feelings don’t mean you don’t care about or love a situation or a person. Your feelings are just your feelings, they don’t have to reflect on anybody. I felt that in my core, and in a calmness in my whole body. Now I more often just stop and ask, what’s my body saying, what does it need? What I really needed wasn’t to be agreed with, I needed to know I was heard, to listen to what I needed and feel what I needed, and then honor that.

~K.T.

I caught myself the other day about to react in a way that would hurt myself and the people around me. It was like a trio moment, but I was in every role. The outcome was different this time, I was actually able to be there for myself, the way we’ve been practicing in this program. It was something so small, I messed up an order, and in that moment I asked myself those companion questions, sat with it, and observed it. It was really magical.

~H.G.

A really big piece for me was around self-judgment. I was shocked at how present it was, and doing the exercises freed me up to do so much more of what I actually want to be doing, instead of self-sabotaging. This time especially, I’m much more physically and energetically grounded. I used to un-ground constantly, I’d go to bed grounded and wake up ungrounded. Now I feel more spiritually connected, more alive, which is something I’d lost through long COVID. I always treated feeling emotional as an inconvenience. Now I have a tool. It’s so simple, you sit down and spend time noticing what’s going on internally, but it’s very powerful.

~P.R.